faire la vaisselle
\fɛʁ la vɛ.sɛl\
The verdict
“faire la vaisselle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laver la vaisselle sale puis la sécher.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-la-vaisselle · faire la vaisselle · French
faire la vaisselle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 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 vaisselle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ la vɛ.sɛl\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire la vaisselle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire la vaisselle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ la vɛ.sɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Laver la vaisselle sale puis la sécher.".
No misspelling variants are generated for faire la vaisselle in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is faire la vaisselle, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -L-A- -V-A-I-S-S-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Laver la vaisselle sale puis la sécher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire la vaisselle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
13 août 1940 – Ce soir, de vieux amis sont venus dîner, si vieux qu’ils ont usé jusqu’à notre amitié. La vaisselle des gens qu’on n’aime plus est rebutante à faire.
Laurence arrive à 7 h et même si le petit-déjeuner est servi sous forme de buffet, il faut veiller à ce que rien ne manque, débarrasser et faire la vaisselle.
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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.