fait-tout
\fɛ.tu\
The verdict
“fait-tout” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ustensile de cuisine en terre ou en métal avec des poignées et un couvercle, servant à faire bouillir de l’eau ou cuire les aliments.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fait-tout · fait-tout · French
fait-tout · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | fait-tout |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɛ.tu\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fait-tout » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fait-tout is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɛ.tu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ustensile de cuisine en terre ou en métal avec des poignées et un couvercle, servant à faire bouillir de l’eau ou cuire les aliments.".
fait-tout doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fait-tout, spelled F-A-I-T---T-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1Ustensile de cuisine en terre ou en métal avec des poignées et un couvercle, servant à faire bouillir de l’eau ou cuire les aliments.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fait-tout appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle versa dans un fait-tout les grains de son tablier, […].
En fonte, en terre, en grès, en porcelaine, en aluminium, en étain, que de marmites, de poêles, de pot-au-feu, de fait-tout, de cassolettes, de soupières, de plats, de timbales, de passoires, de hachoirs, de moulins, de moules, de mortiers !
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.