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 May 6, 2026) - Trouver à son goût, à sa convenance, agréer.
| 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) |
Where “prendre en gré” sits in French frequency
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).
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.
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Using “prendre en gré”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -E-N- -G-R-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿ɑ̃ ɡʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.