se faire la belle
\sə fɛʁ la bɛl\
The verdict
“se faire la belle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’évader.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-faire-la-belle · se faire la belle · French
se faire la belle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | se faire la belle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə fɛʁ la bɛl\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se faire la belle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se faire la belle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə fɛʁ la bɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for se faire la belle in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is se faire la belle, spelled S-E- -F-A-I-R-E- -L-A- -B-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1S’évader.
- 2Partir, en fraude, discrètement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se faire la belle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je me demande encore aujourd’hui ce qui avait incité mon père à se faire la belle. Peut-être une défiance à l’égard des boches – il ne les appelait pas autrement – qui avaient obligé son grand-père à quitter l’Alsace en 1871 ? À moins que ce ne soit ma mère qu’il se languissait de revoir ?
Un convoyeur lyonnais s’est-il fait la belle hier, avec son fourgon, avant de disparaître avec une dizaine de millions d’euros ? C’est ce que soupçonne désormais fortement la Justice.
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.