pour de faux
\puʁ də fo\
The verdict
“pour de faux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De manière simulée
Corpus desk
Index FR-pour-de-faux · pour de faux · French
pour de faux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | pour de faux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \puʁ də fo\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pour de faux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pour de faux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \puʁ də fo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De manière simulée".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pour de faux, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pour de faux, spelled P-O-U-R- -D-E- -F-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1De manière simulée
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pour de faux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lorsqu'un personnage de théâtre doit administrer une gifle à un autre, il le fait généralement pour de faux.
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