rendre fou
\ʁɑ̃dʁ fu\
The verdict
“rendre fou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire presque perdre la raison à quelqu’un, par la peur, l’absurde, l’amour…
Corpus desk
Index FR-rendre-fou · rendre fou · French
rendre fou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rendre fou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɑ̃dʁ fu\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rendre fou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rendre fou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɑ̃dʁ fu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire presque perdre la raison à quelqu’un, par la peur, l’absurde, l’amour…".
No generated misspelling entries exist for rendre fou in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rendre fou, spelled R-E-N-D-R-E- -F-O-U.
Definition
- 1Faire presque perdre la raison à quelqu’un, par la peur, l’absurde, l’amour…
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rendre fou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Soyons indulgent : la pandémie a de quoi rendre fou. Ce qui s’est passé vendredi 12 mars traduit une radicalité qui gagne le cinéma, la culture et l’époque.
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.