faire la nique
\fɛʁ la nik\
The verdict
“faire la nique” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faire un signe de mépris à quelqu’un, le braver ou s’en moquer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faire la nique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ la nik\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faire la nique” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for faire la nique is 14 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛʁ la nik\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Faire un signe de mépris à quelqu’un, le braver ou s’en moquer.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for faire la nique in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is faire la nique, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -L-A- -N-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Faire un signe de mépris à quelqu’un, le braver ou s’en moquer.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “faire la nique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-A-I-R-E- -L-A- -N-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛʁ la nik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.