prendre garde
\pʁɑ̃dʁ ɡaʁd\
The verdict
“prendre garde” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Agir avec prudence.
| 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) |
Where “prendre garde” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for prendre garde is 13 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɑ̃dʁ ɡaʁd\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “prendre garde”
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- -G-A-R-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁɑ̃dʁ ɡaʁd\ (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.