faire le singe
\fɛʁ lə sɛ̃ʒ\
The verdict
“faire le singe” 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) - Se tortiller et adopter des positions ou des mimiques prêtant à rire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-le-singe · faire le singe · French
faire le singe · 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 le singe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ lə sɛ̃ʒ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire le singe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire le singe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ lə sɛ̃ʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se tortiller et adopter des positions ou des mimiques prêtant à rire.".
faire le singe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is faire le singe, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -L-E- -S-I-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1Se tortiller et adopter des positions ou des mimiques prêtant à rire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire le singe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour le reste, j’ai compris. Je fais le singe. Je chante leurs chansons, je dis des ordures, j’épluche mes patates, je joins les talons…
Et maintenant tu as assez fait le singe ! donne-moi vingt francs !
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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.