prendre du bon temps
\pʁɑ̃.dʁə dy bɔ̃ tɑ̃\
The verdict
“prendre du bon temps” 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) - S’amuser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-du-bon-temps · prendre du bon temps · French
prendre du bon temps · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 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 du bon temps |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃.dʁə dy bɔ̃ tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
prendre du bon temps is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃.dʁə dy bɔ̃ tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "S’amuser.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for prendre du bon temps, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is prendre du bon temps, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -D-U- -B-O-N- -T-E-M-P-S.
Definition
- 1S’amuser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prendre du bon temps appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le temps avait filé à une allure vertigineuse quand il s’assit pour souffler un peu. – Alors, padre, on prend du bon temps ? La voix le prit par surprise. Il sursauta.
Ou j’aurais remarqué les lits vides en faisant ma ronde. Au lieu de quoi, j’avais pris du bon temps avec ma copine.
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.