prendre un coup
\pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿œ̃ ku\
The verdict
“prendre un coup” 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) - Boire de l’alcool en cherchant l’ébriété, s’enivrer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-un-coup · prendre un coup · French
prendre un coup · 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 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « prendre un coup » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prendre un coup is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿œ̃ ku\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prendre un coup appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— C’est vrai que j’avais coutume de prendre un coup pas mal, quand je revenais des chantiers et de la drave ; mais c’est fini.
Il arrivait à Sarto de prendre un coup avec des amis.
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.