prendre son envol
\pʁɑ̃.dʁə sɔ̃.n‿ɑ̃.vɔl\
The verdict
“prendre son envol” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’élever dans l’air.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-son-envol · prendre son envol · French
prendre son envol · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 son envol |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃.dʁə sɔ̃.n‿ɑ̃.vɔl\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prendre son envol » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prendre son envol is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃.dʁə sɔ̃.n‿ɑ̃.vɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for prendre son envol in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is prendre son envol, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -S-O-N- -E-N-V-O-L.
Definition
- 1S’élever dans l’air.
- 2Commencer à faire carrière, à réussir, en parlant d’une personne ou d’une entreprise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prendre son envol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Petit bulletin de liaison entre clubs de protection de la nature à son origine, La Hulotte a progressivement pris son envol pour devenir aujourd’hui une solide référence scientifique dans les bibliothèques du monde entier.
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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.