faire l’amour
\fɛʁ l‿a.muʁ\
The verdict
“faire l’amour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accomplir l’acte sexuel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-l-amour · faire l’amour · French
faire l’amour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 l’amour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ l‿a.muʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire l’amour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire l’amour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ l‿a.muʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for faire l’amour, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is faire l’amour, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -L-’-A-M-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Accomplir l’acte sexuel.
- 2Courtiser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire l’amour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Boire sans soif et faire l’amour en tout temps, madame, il n’y a que ça qui nous distingue des autres bêtes.
Quand nous avons une destinée scientifique, nous sommes à cet âge des êtres véritablement multiples. Même en faisant l’amour, ou en voyageant, un sous-aide doit thésauriser les rudiments de sa fortune ou de sa gloire à venir.
Synonyms
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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.