faire sauter

\fɛʁ so.te\

/\fɛʁ so.te\/ verb

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faire exploser.

Key facts for faire sauter
PropertyValue
Headwordfaire sauter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɛʁ so.te\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “faire sauter” sits in French frequency

faire sauter 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.

Rare enough to double-check

faire sauter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ so.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for faire sauter, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is faire sauter, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -S-A-U-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire exploser.
  2. 2
    Supprimer, faire disparaître.
  3. 3
    Faire perdre son emploi ou sa place à quelqu'un.
  4. 4
    S’arranger pour qu’une connaissance annule un procès verbal ou une contravention établie.

This word in other languages

blow(English)in die Luft jagen(Deutsch)

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 sauter"?
"faire sauter" is spelled F-A-I-R-E- -S-A-U-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛʁ so.te\.
What does "faire sauter" mean?
As a verb, "faire sauter" means: Faire exploser.
How do you pronounce "faire sauter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faire sauter" is \fɛʁ so.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faire sauter" come from?
"faire sauter" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “faire sauter”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is F-A-I-R-E- -S-A-U-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \fɛʁ so.te\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list