faire la lippe
The verdict
“faire la lippe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avancer la lèvre inférieure par réaction de dépit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-la-lippe · faire la lippe · French
faire la lippe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 la lippe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire la lippe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire la lippe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avancer la lèvre inférieure par réaction de dépit.".
No misspelling variants are generated for faire la lippe in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is faire la lippe, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -L-A- -L-I-P-P-E.
Definition
- 1Avancer la lèvre inférieure par réaction de dépit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire la lippe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je me représentais les vertus comme trois belles enfants de Marie et les sept péchés capitaux comme des vieux espèces d’affreux bonhommes qui faisaient la lippe, des espèces de notaires.
De temps à autre, elle regardera dehors et fera la lippe. Je lirai dans ses yeux ce que je lis dans les yeux de tous. L'ennui.
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.