faire tête

\fɛʁ tɛt\

/\fɛʁ tɛt\/ verb

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Résister à l’adversaire ; s’opposer avec fermeté à la volonté de quelqu’un.

Key facts for faire tête
PropertyValue
Headwordfaire tête
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɛʁ tɛt\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “faire tête” sits in French frequency

faire tête 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 tête is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ tɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for faire tête, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is faire tête, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -T-Ê-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Résister à l’adversaire ; s’opposer avec fermeté à la volonté de quelqu’un.
  2. 2
    Se placer face au vent ou au courant.
  3. 3
    Être placé face à quelqu’un.

Synonyms

tenir tête

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 tête"?
"faire tête" is spelled F-A-I-R-E- -T-Ê-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛʁ tɛt\.
What does "faire tête" mean?
As a verb, "faire tête" means: Résister à l’adversaire ; s’opposer avec fermeté à la volonté de quelqu’un.
How do you pronounce "faire tête"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faire tête" is \fɛʁ tɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faire tête" come from?
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Using “faire tête”

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

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