faire sensation
\fɛʁ sɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“faire sensation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Impressionner ; avoir du succès.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-sensation · faire sensation · French
faire sensation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 sensation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ sɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire sensation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire sensation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ sɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Impressionner ; avoir du succès.".
faire sensation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is faire sensation, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -S-E-N-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Impressionner ; avoir du succès.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire sensation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle étrenna, au théâtre, une robe qui fit sensation.
Lola Quivoron a fait sensation à Cannes avec son premier film, Rodeo (écrit sans accent, à l’américaine) en salles, mercredi.
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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.