prendre un coup
\pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿œ̃ ku\
The verdict
“prendre un coup” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Boire de l’alcool en cherchant l’ébriété, s’enivrer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prendre un coup |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿œ̃ ku\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prendre un coup” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for prendre un coup is 15 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿œ̃ ku\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Boire de l’alcool en cherchant l’ébriété, s’enivrer.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for prendre un coup, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is prendre un coup, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -U-N- -C-O-U-P.
Definition
- 1Boire de l’alcool en cherchant l’ébriété, s’enivrer.
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 un coup”
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- -U-N- -C-O-U-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿œ̃ ku\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.