en prendre pour son rhume
\ɑ̃ pʁɑ̃.dʁə puʁ sɔ̃ ʁym\
The verdict
“en prendre pour son rhume” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se faire gourmander, s’entendre dire ses quatre vérités.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | en prendre pour son rhume |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ pʁɑ̃.dʁə puʁ sɔ̃ ʁym\ |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “en prendre pour son rhume” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for en prendre pour son rhume is 25 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃ pʁɑ̃.dʁə puʁ sɔ̃ ʁym\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Se faire gourmander, s’entendre dire ses quatre vérités.".
Zero misspellings are on record for en prendre pour son rhume in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is en prendre pour son rhume, spelled E-N- -P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -P-O-U-R- -S-O-N- -R-H-U-M-E.
Definition
- 1Se faire gourmander, s’entendre dire ses quatre vérités.
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.
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Using “en prendre pour son rhume”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-N- -P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -P-O-U-R- -S-O-N- -R-H-U-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃ pʁɑ̃.dʁə puʁ sɔ̃ ʁym\ (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.