prendre du grade

\pʁɑ̃.dʁə dy ɡʁad\

/\pʁɑ̃.dʁə dy ɡʁad\/ verb

The verdict

“prendre du grade” 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) - S’élever à un grade supérieur, dans sa condition, ses fonctions, son emploi, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prendre-du-grade · prendre du grade · French

prendre du grade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 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.

Key facts for prendre du grade
PropertyValue
Headwordprendre du grade
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁɑ̃.dʁə dy ɡʁad\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « prendre du grade » en français

prendre du gradereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

prendre du grade is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃.dʁə dy ɡʁad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "S’élever à un grade supérieur, dans sa condition, ses fonctions, son emploi, etc.".

prendre du grade doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is prendre du grade, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -D-U- -G-R-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    S’élever à un grade supérieur, dans sa condition, ses fonctions, son emploi, etc.

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 du grade"?
"prendre du grade" is spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -D-U- -G-R-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɑ̃.dʁə dy ɡʁad\.
What does "prendre du grade" mean?
As a verb, "prendre du grade" means: S’élever à un grade supérieur, dans sa condition, ses fonctions, son emploi, etc.
How do you pronounce "prendre du grade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prendre du grade" is \pʁɑ̃.dʁə dy ɡʁad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prendre du grade" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list