faire payer quelque chose à quelqu’un

Name: faire payer quelque chose à quelqu’un, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\fɛʁ pɛ.je kɛl.kə ʃoz a kɛl.k‿œ̃\

/\fɛʁ pɛ.je kɛl.kə ʃoz a kɛl.k‿œ̃\/ verb

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“faire payer quelque chose à quelqu’un” 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: 37
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se venger de quelque chose envers quelqu’un.

Key facts for faire payer quelque chose à quelqu’un
Property	Value
Headword	faire payer quelque chose à quelqu’un
Language	French
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	\fɛʁ pɛ.je kɛl.kə ʃoz a kɛl.k‿œ̃\
Letters	37
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “faire payer quelque chose à quelqu’un” sits in French frequency

faire payer quelque chose à quelqu’un falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for faire payer quelque chose à quelqu’un is 37 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛʁ pɛ.je kɛl.kə ʃoz a kɛl.k‿œ̃\. 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: "Se venger de quelque chose envers quelqu’un.".

faire payer quelque chose à quelqu’un doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is faire payer quelque chose à quelqu’un, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -P-A-Y-E-R- -Q-U-E-L-Q-U-E- -C-H-O-S-E- -À- -Q-U-E-L-Q-U-’-U-N.

Definition

1
Se venger de quelque chose envers quelqu’un.

Synonyms

se venger

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 payer quelque chose à quelqu’un"?

"faire payer quelque chose à quelqu’un" is spelled F-A-I-R-E- -P-A-Y-E-R- -Q-U-E-L-Q-U-E- -C-H-O-S-E- -À- -Q-U-E-L-Q-U-’-U-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛʁ pɛ.je kɛl.kə ʃoz a kɛl.k‿œ̃\.

What does "faire payer quelque chose à quelqu’un" mean?

As a verb, "faire payer quelque chose à quelqu’un" means: Se venger de quelque chose envers quelqu’un.

How do you pronounce "faire payer quelque chose à quelqu’un"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faire payer quelque chose à quelqu’un" is \fɛʁ pɛ.je kɛl.kə ʃoz a kɛl.k‿œ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "faire payer quelque chose à quelqu’un" come from?

"faire payer quelque chose à quelqu’un" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

Is PlainSpell free to use?

Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Using “faire payer quelque chose à quelqu’un”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is F-A-I-R-E- -P-A-Y-E-R- -Q-U-E-L-Q-U-E- -C-H-O-S-E- -À- -Q-U-E-L-Q-U-’-U-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \fɛʁ pɛ.je kɛl.kə ʃoz a kɛl.k‿œ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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.