prendre en gré
\pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿ɑ̃ ɡʁe\
The verdict
“prendre en gré” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trouver à son goût, à sa convenance, agréer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-en-gre · prendre en gré · French
prendre en gré · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 en gré |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿ɑ̃ ɡʁe\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prendre en gré » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prendre en gré is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿ɑ̃ ɡʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
prendre en gré has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is prendre en gré, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -E-N- -G-R-É.
Definition
- 1Trouver à son goût, à sa convenance, agréer.
- 2Recevoir avec résignation (quelque chose).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prendre en gré appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Est-ce singulier, cet âne qui nous arrive sortant d’un cimetière, qui nous prend en gré, et qui nous fait gagner de l’argent !
À dater de ce jour, le vétérinaire et sa femme prirent réellement en gré Nanette.
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.