faire les cent pas
\fɛʁ le sɑ̃ pɑ\
The verdict
“faire les cent pas” 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) - Aller et venir en attendant quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-les-cent-pas · faire les cent pas · French
faire les cent pas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 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 les cent pas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ le sɑ̃ pɑ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire les cent pas » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire les cent pas is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ le sɑ̃ pɑ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aller et venir en attendant quelque chose.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for faire les cent pas in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is faire les cent pas, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -L-E-S- -C-E-N-T- -P-A-S.
Definition
- 1Aller et venir en attendant quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire les cent pas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Faisant sur le trottoir les cent pas, en compagnie de M. Paul, je me demandais ce que nous attendions.
Monsieur Chergras, coiffé d’un fez, agitant d’une main son lorgnon à ruban, tenant de l’autre un journal d’Algérie, s’impatiente et fait les cent pas.
Synonyms
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.