prendre souffle
\pʁɑ̃dʁ sufl\
The verdict
“prendre souffle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Respirer profondément avant d'entreprendre un effort physique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-souffle · prendre souffle · French
prendre souffle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 souffle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃dʁ sufl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
prendre souffle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃dʁ sufl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Respirer profondément avant d'entreprendre un effort physique.".
No misspelling variants are generated for prendre souffle in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is prendre souffle, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -S-O-U-F-F-L-E.
Definition
- 1Respirer profondément avant d'entreprendre un effort physique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prendre souffle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il secoua plusieurs fois la tête, bouche ouverte. Il prit profondément souffle et resta un moment strictement immobile. Puis il secoua de nouveau la tête, saisit le vélo et le jeta violemment contre le talus.
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.