prise de position
\pʁiz də po.zi.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“prise de position” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de prendre position, de professer son avis ou son opinion.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prise de position |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁiz də po.zi.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prise de position” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for prise de position is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁiz də po.zi.sjɔ̃\. 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: "Action de prendre position, de professer son avis ou son opinion.".
No misspelling variants are generated for prise de position in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is prise de position, spelled P-R-I-S-E- -D-E- -P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de prendre position, de professer son avis ou son opinion.
This word in other languages
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 “prise de position”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-I-S-E- -D-E- -P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁiz də po.zi.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.