prendre en considération

verb

The verdict

“prendre en considération” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
24
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire attention à une chose, la mettre en quelque sorte à part pour la considérer et en tenir compte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prendre-en-consideration · prendre en considération · French

prendre en considération · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 24 letters
  • VOW-9 9 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 en considération
PropertyValue
Headwordprendre en considération
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters24
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « prendre en considération » en français

prendre en considérationreste 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 en considération is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire attention à une chose, la mettre en quelque sorte à part pour la considérer et en tenir compte.".

prendre en considération doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is prendre en considération, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -E-N- -C-O-N-S-I-D-É-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire attention à une chose, la mettre en quelque sorte à part pour la considérer et en tenir compte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how prendre en considération appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On prendra cet article, cette demande en grande considération.

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 en considération"?
"prendre en considération" is spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -E-N- -C-O-N-S-I-D-É-R-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "prendre en considération" mean?
As a verb, "prendre en considération" means: Faire attention à une chose, la mettre en quelque sorte à part pour la considérer et en tenir compte.
What language does "prendre en considération" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list