prendre avantage

\pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿a.vɑ̃.taʒ\

/\pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿a.vɑ̃.taʒ\/ verb

The verdict

“prendre avantage” 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) - Tirer parti d'une chose, d'une situation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prendre-avantage · prendre avantage · French

prendre avantage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" 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.

Key facts for prendre avantage
PropertyValue
Headwordprendre avantage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿a.vɑ̃.taʒ\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « prendre avantage » en français

prendre avantagen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

prendre avantage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿a.vɑ̃.taʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tirer parti d'une chose, d'une situation.".

prendre avantage has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is prendre avantage, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -A-V-A-N-T-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tirer parti d'une chose, d'une situation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how prendre avantage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ce que je reprochais à votre attitude, c’était précisément, par son affectation, de sembler prendre avantage sur la mienne.
  2. M. de , la voyant là, étendue, belle, pitoyable et inquiète, le regard billant de larmes dans le halo rosé de ses paupières, en prit avantage pour lui donner une leçon.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prendre avantage"?
"prendre avantage" is spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -A-V-A-N-T-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿a.vɑ̃.taʒ\.
What does "prendre avantage" mean?
As a verb, "prendre avantage" means: Tirer parti d'une chose, d'une situation.
How do you pronounce "prendre avantage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prendre avantage" is \pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿a.vɑ̃.taʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list