prendre la mort
\pʁɑ̃dʁ la mɔʁ\
The verdict
“prendre la mort” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attraper froid, prendre froid.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-la-mort · prendre la mort · French
prendre la mort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 la mort |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃dʁ la mɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
prendre la mort is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃dʁ la mɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Attraper froid, prendre froid.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for prendre la mort, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is prendre la mort, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -L-A- -M-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Attraper froid, prendre froid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prendre la mort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Venez, dit-il, cet animal-là veut nous faire prendre la mort dans son cher courant d’air. Nous allons nous chauffer un peu au salon.
Synonyms
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.