voie de fait
\vwa də fɛ\
The verdict
“voie de fait” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Coup, blessure infligée ; violence, même sans coup physique, qui porte atteinte aux droits d'une personne.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | voie de fait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vwa də fɛ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “voie de fait” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for voie de fait is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vwa də fɛ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for voie de fait, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is voie de fait, spelled V-O-I-E- -D-E- -F-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Coup, blessure infligée ; violence, même sans coup physique, qui porte atteinte aux droits d'une personne.
- 2Moyen physique d'action différent de la voie ordinaire et de justice, notamment sur la personne des protestants
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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.
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Using “voie de fait”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-O-I-E- -D-E- -F-A-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vwa də fɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.