prendre soin
\pʁɑ̃.dʁə.swɛ̃\
The verdict
“prendre soin” 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) - Soigner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-soin · prendre soin · French
prendre soin · 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 soin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃.dʁə.swɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
prendre soin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃.dʁə.swɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for prendre soin, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is prendre soin, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -S-O-I-N.
Definition
- 1Soigner.
- 2Pourvoir aux besoins de quelqu’un, à ses nécessités, à sa fortune.
- 3Prêter une attention toute particulière à une action ou une démarche ; s’efforcer de ; veiller à ; faire en sorte que , de façon que, en sorte de ou de façon à.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prendre soin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il ne prend pas assez soin de sa santé.
Il a pris soin de mes affaires pendant mon absence.
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.