prendre pied
\pʁɑ̃dʁ pje\
The verdict
“prendre pied” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commencer à s'établir solidement, à gagner la confiance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-pied · prendre pied · French
prendre pied · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 pied |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃dʁ pje\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prendre pied » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prendre pied is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃dʁ pje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for prendre pied, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is prendre pied, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -P-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1Commencer à s'établir solidement, à gagner la confiance.
- 2Investir un endroit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prendre pied appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Celui qui l'avait faite en était à ce moment psychologique où l'homme qui a su s'enrichir sans se déconsidérer essaie de prendre pied dans le monde aristocratique, […].
Toutefois, pas un seul d'entre nous ne douta que nous arriverions à y prendre pied : ce n'était à nos yeux, qu'une question de patience ; […].
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.