faire ses courses
\fɛʁ se kuʁs\
The verdict
“faire ses courses” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acheter ce qui est nécessaire au quotidien (nourriture, etc.).
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-ses-courses · faire ses courses · French
faire ses courses · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 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 ses courses |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ se kuʁs\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire ses courses » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire ses courses is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ se kuʁs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acheter ce qui est nécessaire au quotidien (nourriture, etc.).".
No misspelling variants are generated for faire ses courses in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is faire ses courses, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -S-E-S- -C-O-U-R-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Acheter ce qui est nécessaire au quotidien (nourriture, etc.).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire ses courses appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces vélos sont loués par des Morlaisiens, des touristes résidents qui les utilisent au quotidien pour faire leurs courses ou aller à la plage, ainsi que par des personnes qui veulent randonner sur les circuits locaux balisés.
Un après-midi, alors qu'il fait ses courses au centre commercial Leclerc, Georges dont l'attention est portée sur des après-rasages, tout en poussant son caddy, heurte une vendeuse accroupie qui range une étagère.
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.