faire les courses
\fɛʁ lɛ kuʁs\
The verdict
“faire les courses” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acheter ce qui est nécessaire au quotidien (nourriture, etc.).
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-les-courses · faire les courses · French
faire les courses · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 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 les courses |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ lɛ kuʁs\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire les courses » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire les courses is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ lɛ kuʁs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acheter ce qui est nécessaire au quotidien (nourriture, etc.).".
Zero misspellings are on record for faire les courses in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is faire les courses, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -L-E-S- -C-O-U-R-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Acheter ce qui est nécessaire au quotidien (nourriture, etc.).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire les courses appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un après-midi, alors qu’il fait ses courses au centre commercial Leclerc, Georges dont l’attention est portée sur des après-rasages, tout en poussant son caddy, heurte une vendeuse accroupie qui range une étagère.
Autres temps, autres mœurs, les clients ont déserté la boutique pour aller faire leurs courses ailleurs, dans les grandes surfaces.
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.