faire tort
\fɛʁ tɔʁ\
The verdict
“faire tort” 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 September 3, 2026) - Léser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-tort · faire tort · French
faire tort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 tort |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ tɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire tort » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire tort is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ tɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
faire tort doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is faire tort, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -T-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Léser.
- 2Répugner, dégoûter, gêner. donner une sensation désagréable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire tort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En outre, dans ces temps derniers, j’ai avancé à peu près deux cents francs de ma poche, sans qu’il sût d’où l’argent venait. Tout cela est écrit, je suis tranquille, mademoiselle ne me fera pas tort d’un centime…
Ça me fait tort rien que d'y songer, ma pauvre Antonine.
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.