faire les magasins
\fɛʁ le ma.ɡa.zɛ̃\
The verdict
“faire les magasins” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aller flâner dans les boutiques, les magasins, pour trouver des choses à acheter, en parlant généralement de vêtements.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faire les magasins |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ le ma.ɡa.zɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faire les magasins” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for faire les magasins is 18 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛʁ le ma.ɡa.zɛ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Aller flâner dans les boutiques, les magasins, pour trouver des choses à acheter, en parlant généralement de vêtements.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for faire les magasins, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is faire les magasins, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -L-E-S- -M-A-G-A-S-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Aller flâner dans les boutiques, les magasins, pour trouver des choses à acheter, en parlant généralement de vêtements.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “faire les magasins”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-A-I-R-E- -L-E-S- -M-A-G-A-S-I-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛʁ le ma.ɡa.zɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.