prendre des couleurs
\pʁɑ̃.dʁə dɛ ku.lœʁ\
The verdict
“prendre des couleurs” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bronzer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-des-couleurs · prendre des couleurs · French
prendre des couleurs · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 des couleurs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃.dʁə dɛ ku.lœʁ\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prendre des couleurs » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prendre des couleurs is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃.dʁə dɛ ku.lœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for prendre des couleurs, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is prendre des couleurs, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -D-E-S- -C-O-U-L-E-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Bronzer.
- 2Aller mieux.
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.