prendre son essor
\pʁɑ̃.dʁə sɔ̃.n‿e.sɔʁ\
The verdict
“prendre son essor” 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-essor · prendre son essor · French
prendre son essor · 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 essor |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃.dʁə sɔ̃.n‿e.sɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prendre son essor » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prendre son essor is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃.dʁə sɔ̃.n‿e.sɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
prendre son essor has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is prendre son essor, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -S-O-N- -E-S-S-O-R.
Definition
- 1S’élever dans l’air.
- 2Commencer à faire carrière, à réussir, en parlant d’une personne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prendre son essor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…], seuls quelques milliers d’oiseaux y ont établi leur domicile et parfois, prenant leur essor par bandes, ils semblent jouer au panache de fumée s’échappant d’un minuscule volcan.
Synonyms
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.