faire la gueule
\fɛʁ la ɡœl\
The verdict
“faire la gueule” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bouder.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-la-gueule · faire la gueule · French
faire la gueule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 gueule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ la ɡœl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire la gueule » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire la gueule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ la ɡœl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bouder.".
faire la gueule has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is faire la gueule, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -L-A- -G-U-E-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Bouder.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire la gueule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Mais qu’est-ce qui vous prouve, après tout, que ses intentions soient si noires ? — Voyons ! Il faudrait être aveugle : le mystère impénétrable de ses opérations financières ; ses allusions ; le mot échappé à Bourru, devant témoin : « Ils en feront une gueule, à la mort du vieux…»
C’était moi qui la réveillais le matin, c’était moi qui m’inquiétais de savoir si elle se rendait à son travail, c’était moi qui faisais la gueule parce qu’elle ne parvenait plus à nous parler.
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.