attraper la mort
\a.tʁa.pe la mɔʁ\
The verdict
“attraper la mort” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attraper froid, prendre froid.
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Index FR-attraper-la-mort · attraper la mort · French
attraper la mort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | attraper la mort |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.tʁa.pe la mɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
attraper la mort is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.tʁa.pe la mɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Attraper froid, prendre froid.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for attraper la mort, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is attraper la mort, spelled A-T-T-R-A-P-E-R- -L-A- -M-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Attraper froid, prendre froid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how attraper la mort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Et pourquoi tu ne t’habilles pas ? — Parce que je fais ce qui me plaît. Seulement, Lizbeth a peur que j’attrape la mort et Marie-Belle aussi.
Il faisait terriblement froid à l'intérieur du musée. La sueur avait séché sur la peau de Judith. « Rhabillez-vous, supplia Sarah, vous allez attraper la mort. Je ne sens même plus mes doigts. »
Synonyms
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.