savoir-faire
\sa.vwaʁ fɛʁ\
The verdict
“savoir-faire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Connaissance pratique d'un domaine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-savoir-faire · savoir-faire · French
savoir-faire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | savoir-faire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.vwaʁ fɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
savoir-faire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.vwaʁ fɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Connaissance pratique d'un domaine.".
savoir-faire doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is savoir-faire, spelled S-A-V-O-I-R---F-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Connaissance pratique d'un domaine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how savoir-faire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La célèbre mirabelle de Lorraine est le fruit d’un savoir-faire ancestral qui respecte le rythme des saisons.
Voilà un bel exemple du fait que le savoir-faire peut très bien précéder le savoir. C'est ainsi que l'on a inventé le levier bien avant qu'Archimède n'en explique le principe.
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.