ne faire ni chaud ni froid
\nə fɛʁ ni ʃo ni fʁwa\
The verdict
“ne faire ni chaud ni froid” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laisser indifférent ; n’avoir aucun effet ; ne provoquer aucune réaction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ne-faire-ni-chaud-ni-fro · ne faire ni chaud ni froid · French
ne faire ni chaud ni froid · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 26 letters
- VOW-10 10 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | ne faire ni chaud ni froid |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \nə fɛʁ ni ʃo ni fʁwa\ |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ne faire ni chaud ni froid » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ne faire ni chaud ni froid is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \nə fɛʁ ni ʃo ni fʁwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Laisser indifférent ; n’avoir aucun effet ; ne provoquer aucune réaction.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ne faire ni chaud ni froid, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ne faire ni chaud ni froid, spelled N-E- -F-A-I-R-E- -N-I- -C-H-A-U-D- -N-I- -F-R-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1Laisser indifférent ; n’avoir aucun effet ; ne provoquer aucune réaction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ne faire ni chaud ni froid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce rire avait l’air de signifier : « Non non je ne me laisse pas prendre à tout ce que vous me dites, je sais que vous êtes fou de moi, mais cela ne me fait ni chaud ni froid, car je me fiche de vous… »
«Quinze millions d’euros… Quinze millions d’euros chacun… » poursuivit Franz plus doucement, mais d’une voix étranglée. « Et j’ai l’impression que ça ne te fait ni chaud ni froid…
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.