faire lever le poil
\fɛʁ lə.ve lə pwal\
The verdict
“faire lever le poil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Provoquer de l’émotion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-lever-le-poil · faire lever le poil · French
faire lever le poil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 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 lever le poil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ lə.ve lə pwal\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire lever le poil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire lever le poil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ lə.ve lə pwal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Provoquer de l’émotion.".
faire lever le poil has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 lever le poil, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -L-E-V-E-R- -L-E- -P-O-I-L.
Definition
- 1Provoquer de l’émotion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how faire lever le poil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il disait alors quelques mots très brefs qui faisaient lever le poil, mais les stigmates qu’étalait son corps étaient plus éloquents que son silence même.
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.