conserver son sang-froid
\kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve sɔ̃ sɑ̃.fʁwa\
The verdict
“conserver son sang-froid” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Garder la maîtrise de soi ; ne pas se laisser déborder par les circonstances.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | conserver son sang-froid |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve sɔ̃ sɑ̃.fʁwa\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “conserver son sang-froid” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
conserver son sang-froid is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve sɔ̃ sɑ̃.fʁwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Garder la maîtrise de soi ; ne pas se laisser déborder par les circonstances.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for conserver son sang-froid, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is conserver son sang-froid, spelled C-O-N-S-E-R-V-E-R- -S-O-N- -S-A-N-G---F-R-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1Garder la maîtrise de soi ; ne pas se laisser déborder par les circonstances.
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 “conserver son sang-froid”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-S-E-R-V-E-R- -S-O-N- -S-A-N-G---F-R-O-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.