faire un flop

\fɛ.ʁ‿œ̃ flɔp\

/\fɛ.ʁ‿œ̃ flɔp\/ verb

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Échouer (dans une entreprise), tomber à plat.

Corpus desk

Index FR-faire-un-flop · faire un flop · French

faire un flop · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

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)

Longue queue: rang de « faire un flop » en français

faire un flopreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

faire un flop is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛ.ʁ‿œ̃ flɔp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how faire un flop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. J’avais fait un flop au théâtre avec l’adaptation d’un livre de Carco, L’Homme traqué.
  2. Les « grands classiques » développés dans ce chapitre démontrent qu’un produit n’a pas besoin d’être particulièrement mauvais pour faire un flop.

Synonyms

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.

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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list