faire un four
\fɛ.ʁ‿œ̃ fuʁ\
The verdict
“faire un four” 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) - Préparer, fabriquer un four.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-un-four · faire un four · French
faire un four · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 un four |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛ.ʁ‿œ̃ fuʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire un four » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire un four is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛ.ʁ‿œ̃ fuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
faire un four has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is faire un four, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -U-N- -F-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Préparer, fabriquer un four.
- 2Échouer, subir un échec.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faire un four appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En termes de Comédiens, on dit, Faire un four, pour dire, qu’il est venu si peu de gens pour voir la représentation d’une pièce, qu’on a été obligé de leur rendre l’argent et de les renvoyer sans jouer.
Les répétitions [de La Esmeralda] se déroulèrent assez mal et l’œuvre fit four (six représentations) ; on ne la reprit que rarement, et toujours par extraits ; Hugo en fut plus mortifié qu'il ne le dit.
Synonyms
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.