faire gaffe
\fɛʁ ɡaf\
The verdict
“faire gaffe” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faire attention.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faire gaffe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ ɡaf\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faire gaffe” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for faire gaffe is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛʁ ɡaf\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for faire gaffe, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is faire gaffe, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -G-A-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1Faire attention.
- 2Remarquer quelque chose.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “faire gaffe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-A-I-R-E- -G-A-F-F-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛʁ ɡaf\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.