faire la chaloupe
\fɛʁ la ʃa.lu.pe\
The verdict
“faire la chaloupe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marcher ou danser en se balançant latéralement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-la-chaloupe · faire la chaloupe · French
faire la chaloupe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 la chaloupe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ la ʃa.lu.pe\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire la chaloupe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire la chaloupe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ la ʃa.lu.pe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marcher ou danser en se balançant latéralement.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for faire la chaloupe, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 la chaloupe, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -L-A- -C-H-A-L-O-U-P-E.
Definition
- 1Marcher ou danser en se balançant latéralement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how faire la chaloupe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils répètent aussi les manières de leur entourage : les uns font la chaloupe en marchant, les autres accusent l’allure lente d’ouvriers fatigués, l’air de traîner une voiture à bras derrière eux, l’air de tirer, du dos, l’immémoriale misère.
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.