rendre l’âme
\ʁɑ̃.dʁə l‿ɑm\
The verdict
“rendre l’âme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mourir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rendre-l-ame · rendre l’âme · French
rendre l’âme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rendre l’âme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɑ̃.dʁə l‿ɑm\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rendre l’âme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rendre l’âme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɑ̃.dʁə l‿ɑm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
rendre l’âme has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rendre l’âme, spelled R-E-N-D-R-E- -L-’-Â-M-E.
Definition
- 1Mourir.
- 2Cesser de fonctionner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rendre l’âme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] ; il ne disait rien, mais de grosses gouttes de sueur coulaient de son front sur ses longues joues maigres, et sa figure était tellement pâle qu’on aurait dit qu’il allait rendre l’âme.
Au deux millième coup, Mony rendit l’âme, Le soleil était radieux. Les chants des oiseaux mandchous rendaient plus gaie la matinée pimpante.
Synonyms
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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.