prendre la mer
\pʁɑ̃.dʁə la mɛʁ\
The verdict
“prendre la mer” 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commencer un voyage sur la mer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prendre la mer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃.dʁə la mɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prendre la mer” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for prendre la mer is 14 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɑ̃.dʁə la mɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Commencer un voyage sur la mer.".
No misspelling variants are generated for prendre la mer in our index, 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is prendre la mer, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -L-A- -M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Commencer un voyage sur la mer.
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 la mer”
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- -L-A- -M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁɑ̃.dʁə la mɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.