prendre contact
\pʁɑ̃dʁ kɔ̃.takt\
The verdict
“prendre contact” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entrer en contact avec quelqu’un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-contact · prendre contact · French
prendre contact · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prendre contact |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃dʁ kɔ̃.takt\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prendre contact » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prendre contact is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃dʁ kɔ̃.takt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entrer en contact avec quelqu’un.".
No misspelling variants are generated for prendre contact in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists 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 prendre contact, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -C-O-N-T-A-C-T.
Definition
- 1Entrer en contact avec quelqu’un.
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.