prendre sa retraite
\pʁɑ̃.dʁə sa ʁə.tʁɛt\
The verdict
“prendre sa retraite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arrêter son activité salariée, généralement entre 60 et 65 ans.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prendre sa retraite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃.dʁə sa ʁə.tʁɛt\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prendre sa retraite” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
prendre sa retraite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃.dʁə sa ʁə.tʁɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for prendre sa retraite, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is prendre sa retraite, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -S-A- -R-E-T-R-A-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Arrêter son activité salariée, généralement entre 60 et 65 ans.
- 2Arrêter définitivement une activité.
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.
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Using “prendre sa retraite”
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- -S-A- -R-E-T-R-A-I-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁɑ̃.dʁə sa ʁə.tʁɛt\ (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.