faire la peau
\fɛʁ la po\
The verdict
“faire la peau” 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) - Tuer (quelqu'un).
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-la-peau · faire la peau · French
faire la peau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 peau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ la po\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire la peau » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire la peau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ la po\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tuer (quelqu'un).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for faire la peau in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is faire la peau, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -L-A- -P-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Tuer (quelqu'un).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire la peau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces salauds ont fait la peau à un innocent.
En représailles, on va lui faire la peau.
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.