faire une pause
\fɛ.ʁ‿yn poz\
The verdict
“faire une pause” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interrompre une activité pendant un temps et la reprendre plus tard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faire-une-pause · faire une pause · French
faire une pause · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 une pause |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛ.ʁ‿yn poz\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « faire une pause » en français
Rare enough to double-check
faire une pause is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛ.ʁ‿yn poz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Interrompre une activité pendant un temps et la reprendre plus tard.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for faire une pause, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 une pause, spelled F-A-I-R-E- -U-N-E- -P-A-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Interrompre une activité pendant un temps et la reprendre plus tard.
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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.