prendre le masque
\pʁɑ̃dʁ lə mask\
The verdict
“prendre le masque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire la gueule, faire la tête.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-le-masque · prendre le masque · French
prendre le masque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 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 le masque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃dʁ lə mask\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prendre le masque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prendre le masque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃dʁ lə mask\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire la gueule, faire la tête.".
prendre le masque doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is prendre le masque, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -L-E- -M-A-S-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Faire la gueule, faire la tête.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prendre le masque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sentir monter la chaleur, le tremblement de rage, lâcher la première phrase insolite qui démolira l’harmonie : « J’en ai marre d’être la bonne ! » Guetter qu’il prend le masque, attendre les bonnes répliques, celles qui vont me stimuler, m’aider à retrouver un langage perdu, violence et désir d’autre chose.
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.