prendre la route
\pʁɑ̃dʁ la ʁut\
The verdict
“prendre la route” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partir en voyage, par la route.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-la-route · prendre la route · French
prendre la route · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 route |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃dʁ la ʁut\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prendre la route » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prendre la route is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃dʁ la ʁut\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partir en voyage, par la route.".
Zero misspellings are on record for prendre la route in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is prendre la route, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -L-A- -R-O-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1Partir en voyage, par la route.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prendre la route appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Voltaire prend la route, il découvre une campagne boisée, où coule la Blaise, et un château en triste état.
Une heure plus tard, le petit détachement prenait la route. Après une longue chevauchée dans la vallée, tous mirent pied à terre au bas d’une colline en pente douce surmontée de rocailles et qui les séparait du camp britannique.
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.