prendre des notes
\pʁɑ̃dʁ de nɔt\
The verdict
“prendre des notes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Annoter un document de renseignements ou d'informations.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-des-notes · prendre des notes · French
prendre des notes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 notes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃dʁ de nɔt\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prendre des notes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prendre des notes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃dʁ de nɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Annoter un document de renseignements ou d'informations.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for prendre des notes in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is prendre des notes, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -D-E-S- -N-O-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Annoter un document de renseignements ou d'informations.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prendre des notes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] la place du candidat était marquée à l'autre bout, et directement en face; une écritoire et des feuilles de papier, placées sur le bureau, annonçaient l'intention, soit de prendre des notes, soit de rédiger le procès-verbal de la séance.
Le uhlan mettait pied à terre, ouvrait tranquillement une carte ou un calepin, prenait des notes.
This word in other languages
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.