faire genre
\fɛʁ ʒɑ̃ʁ\
The verdict
“faire genre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire semblant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-genre · faire genre · French
faire genre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faire genre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ ʒɑ̃ʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire genre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire genre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ ʒɑ̃ʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire semblant.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for faire genre, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is faire genre, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -G-E-N-R-E.
Definition
- 1Faire semblant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire genre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La maîtresse de maison, pour faire « genre », recevait devant la porte.
Il y avait [dans le discours] d’un côté l’anaphore de « Notre monde… » ; de l’autre, la formule toute faite « l’ère du numérique », pof, on colle et ça fait un truc qui ne veut rien dire, mais qui fait genre, genre j’ai bien compris les grandes mutations du monde contemporain.
Synonyms
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.