faire la noce
\fɛʁ la nɔs\
The verdict
“faire la noce” 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) - Faire la fête.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-la-noce · faire la noce · French
faire la noce · 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 la noce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ la nɔs\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire la noce » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire la noce is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ la nɔs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for faire la noce, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is faire la noce, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -L-A- -N-O-C-E.
Definition
- 1Faire la fête.
- 2Mener habituellement une vie de débauche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire la noce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Nous allons faire la noce, — votre femme n’est pas avec vous ?
On en profitait pour faire la noce, les dimanches ; on se retrouvait à trois ou quatre du pays : Lexandre de Villey-le-Sec, qu’était dans les voltigeurs, et Petit-Jean de Gondreville, qui faisait son temps dans les tringlots.
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.