perdre son sang froid
\pɛʁ.dʁə sɔ̃ sɑ̃ fʁwa\
The verdict
“perdre 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
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Perdre tout contrôle de soi-même.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perdre son sang froid |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.dʁə sɔ̃ sɑ̃ fʁwa\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “perdre son sang froid” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
perdre son sang froid is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pɛʁ.dʁə sɔ̃ sɑ̃ fʁwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Perdre tout contrôle de soi-même.".
Zero misspellings are on record for perdre son sang froid in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is perdre son sang froid, spelled P-E-R-D-R-E- -S-O-N- -S-A-N-G- -F-R-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1Perdre tout contrôle de soi-même.
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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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-R-D-R-E- -S-O-N- -S-A-N-G- -F-R-O-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɛʁ.dʁə sɔ̃ sɑ̃ fʁwa\ (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.