faire marche arrière
\fɛʁ maʁ.ʃ‿a.ʁjɛʁ\
The verdict
“faire marche arrière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Revenir en arrière ; reculer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-marche-arriere · faire marche arrière · French
faire marche arrière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 marche arrière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ maʁ.ʃ‿a.ʁjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire marche arrière » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire marche arrière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ maʁ.ʃ‿a.ʁjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for faire marche arrière, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is faire marche arrière, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -M-A-R-C-H-E- -A-R-R-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Revenir en arrière ; reculer.
- 2Se rétracter ; retirer une opinion avancée ou annuler un projet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire marche arrière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nul ne sait si l'histoire d'un automobiliste faisant marche arrière pour « confisquer » le « barbecue » (le surnom du radar mobile) qui venait de le griller» est vraie. Ou juste imaginaire parce que prêtant à sourire.
Si Hostrup faisait marche arrière aujourd'hui, toutes les mésaventures qu'il avait subies pour faire plier Mørk n'auraient plus aucun sens et rimeraient tout au plus avec fiasco. Hostrup ne pouvait plus faire marche arrière.
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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.