faire-part

\fɛʁ.paʁ\

/\fɛʁ.paʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“faire-part” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lettre ou billet envoyé pour annoncer un événement familial important comme une naissance, un mariage, un décès…

Corpus desk

Index FR-faire-part · faire-part · French

faire-part · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for faire-part
PropertyValue
Headwordfaire-part
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɛʁ.paʁ\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « faire-part » en français

faire-partreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

faire-part is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɛʁ.paʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for faire-part in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is faire-part, spelled F-A-I-R-E---P-A-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lettre ou billet envoyé pour annoncer un événement familial important comme une naissance, un mariage, un décès…
  2. 2
    Texte qu’on fait passer dans la presse pour annoncer un décès, un mariage ou une naissance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how faire-part appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un faire-part imprimé, collé contre une vitre, annonçait la mort d’un client. […]. Cet avis mortuaire, avec son laconisme, me parut d’une indicible tristesse […].
  2. La coutume était de s’entraider, en ce temps-là, et mon père n’avait jamais failli à la règle, bien au contraire. Aux enterrements par exemple, comme le plupart des gens n’avaient pas les moyens de faire imprimer des faire-part, c’est lui qui s’en chargeait. Il inscrivait le texte au tableau noir et toute la classe le recopiait soigneusement sur de beaux…

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "faire-part"?
"faire-part" is spelled F-A-I-R-E---P-A-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛʁ.paʁ\.
What does "faire-part" mean?
As a noun, "faire-part" means: Lettre ou billet envoyé pour annoncer un événement familial important comme une naissance, un mariage, un décès…
How do you pronounce "faire-part"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faire-part" is \fɛʁ.paʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faire-part" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list