prendre pour un jambon
\pʁɑ̃.dʁə pu.ʁ‿œ̃ ʒɑ̃.bɔ̃\
The verdict
“prendre pour un jambon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ridiculiser, moquer, tourner en dérision.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-pour-un-jambon · prendre pour un jambon · French
prendre pour un jambon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 pour un jambon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃.dʁə pu.ʁ‿œ̃ ʒɑ̃.bɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prendre pour un jambon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prendre pour un jambon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃.dʁə pu.ʁ‿œ̃ ʒɑ̃.bɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ridiculiser, moquer, tourner en dérision.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for prendre pour un jambon, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is prendre pour un jambon, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -P-O-U-R- -U-N- -J-A-M-B-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ridiculiser, moquer, tourner en dérision.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prendre pour un jambon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce RFA-Autriche de pitoyable mémoire ne dure que 12 minutes. Le temps pour l’attaquant Horst Hrubesh d’ouvrir le score pour l’Allemagne. Ensuite, le match se résume à une partie de passes à dix au milieu du terrain. Colère dans le public qui se sent pris pour un jambon.
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.