faire un flop

\fɛ.ʁ‿œ̃ flɔp\

/\fɛ.ʁ‿œ̃ flɔp\/ verb

The verdict

“faire un flop” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Échouer (dans une entreprise), tomber à plat.

Key facts for faire un flop
PropertyValue
Headwordfaire un flop
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɛ.ʁ‿œ̃ flɔp\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “faire un flop” sits in French frequency

faire un flop 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for faire un flop is 13 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛ.ʁ‿œ̃ flɔp\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Échouer (dans une entreprise), tomber à plat.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for faire un flop in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 un flop, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -U-N- -F-L-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Échouer (dans une entreprise), tomber à plat.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "faire un flop"?
"faire un flop" is spelled F-A-I-R-E- -U-N- -F-L-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛ.ʁ‿œ̃ flɔp\.
What does "faire un flop" mean?
As a verb, "faire un flop" means: Échouer (dans une entreprise), tomber à plat.
How do you pronounce "faire un flop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faire un flop" is \fɛ.ʁ‿œ̃ flɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faire un flop" come from?
"faire un flop" 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 un flop”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is F-A-I-R-E- -U-N- -F-L-O-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \fɛ.ʁ‿œ̃ flɔp\ (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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list