prendre garde
\pʁɑ̃dʁ ɡaʁd\
The verdict
“prendre garde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agir avec prudence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-garde · prendre garde · French
prendre garde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 garde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃dʁ ɡaʁd\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prendre garde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prendre garde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃dʁ ɡaʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for prendre garde in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is prendre garde, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -G-A-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Agir avec prudence.
- 2Avoir l’attention éveillée sur quelque danger, se précautionner contre lui, en garantir quelqu’un qui y est exposé.
- 3Se méfier.
- 4Remarquer, observer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prendre garde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si vous n’y prenez garde, vous risquez d’effrayer nos chers Peaux-Rouges !
Je n’aurais pas pris garde à lui, s’il ne m’eût adressé la parole.
This word in other languages
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.