prendre la clef des champs
\pʁɑ̃dʁ la kle de ʃɑ̃\
The verdict
“prendre la clef des champs” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’en aller, s’évader, s’enfuir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-la-clef-des-cham · prendre la clef des champs · French
prendre la clef des champs · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 26 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 la clef des champs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃dʁ la kle de ʃɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prendre la clef des champs » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prendre la clef des champs is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃dʁ la kle de ʃɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "S’en aller, s’évader, s’enfuir.".
prendre la clef des champs has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists 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 la clef des champs, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -L-A- -C-L-E-F- -D-E-S- -C-H-A-M-P-S.
Definition
- 1S’en aller, s’évader, s’enfuir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prendre la clef des champs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelques-uns des forçats qu’on a libérés à Sisteron pour enterrer les morts ont pris la clef des champs et, bien entendu, ça n’est pas pour dire la messe.
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.