prendre part

\pʁɑ̃.dʁə paʁ\

/\pʁɑ̃.dʁə paʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“prendre part” 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
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participer à, être partie prenante.

Key facts for prendre part
PropertyValue
Headwordprendre part
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁɑ̃.dʁə paʁ\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “prendre part” sits in French frequency

prendre part falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for prendre part is 12 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɑ̃.dʁə paʁ\. 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: "Participer à, être partie prenante.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for prendre part, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is prendre part, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -P-A-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participer à, être partie prenante.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prendre part"?
"prendre part" is spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -P-A-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɑ̃.dʁə paʁ\.
What does "prendre part" mean?
As a verb, "prendre part" means: Participer à, être partie prenante.
How do you pronounce "prendre part"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prendre part" is \pʁɑ̃.dʁə paʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prendre part" come from?
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Using “prendre part”

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- -P-A-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pʁɑ̃.dʁə paʁ\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list