faire revenir
\fɛʁ ʁə.və.niʁ\
The verdict
“faire revenir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Remettre en vigueur une règle ou loi ancienne.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faire revenir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ ʁə.və.niʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faire revenir” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
faire revenir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ ʁə.və.niʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for faire revenir in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is faire revenir, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -R-E-V-E-N-I-R.
Definition
- 1Remettre en vigueur une règle ou loi ancienne.
- 2Brûler la surface d’un aliment, à l’aide d’un liquide très chaud, au début de sa cuisson.
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 revenir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-A-I-R-E- -R-E-V-E-N-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛʁ ʁə.və.niʁ\ (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.