reprendre

/\ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\/ verb

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Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,674

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

reprendre is aFrenchverb. It means: Prendre de nouveau. Pronounced \ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\. It ranks #1,674 in French word frequency. Often confused with reprends and revendre.

Key facts for reprendre
PropertyValue
Headwordreprendre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,674
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of reprendre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for reprendre is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,674 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 27 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for reprendre, with forms such as "erprendre", "reperndre", and "repprendre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "reprends", "revendre", "reprenne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is reprendre, spelled R-E-P-R-E-N-D-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prendre de nouveau.
  2. 2
    Rentrer dans une voie après l’avoir quitté.
  3. 3
    Prendre ce qu’on avait donné.
  4. 4
    Accepter qu’on vous rende un bien vendu, en annuler la vente et en rendre le prix.
  5. 5
    Recouvrer.
  6. 6
    Reconquérir des positions qui avaient été perdues.
  7. 7
    Rejoindre quelqu’un pour l’emmener.
  8. 8
    Se remettre à quelque chose après une interruption ; recommencer.
  9. 9
    Parler de nouveau, en se rapportant à une conversation, et en parlant de l’un des interlocuteurs.
  10. 10
    Remettre en scène, en parlant d’une pièce de théâtre.
  11. 11
    Reconstruire, réparer.
  12. 12
    Rattacher ; recoudre.
  13. 13
    Réprimander, blâmer ou censurer quelqu’un pour ce qu’il a fait ou dit.
  14. 14
    Blâmer, censurer ou critiquer quelque chose, y trouver à redire.
  15. 15
    Dire, chanter, etc. à la suite.
  16. 16
    Prendre racine de nouveau, en parlant des arbres, des plantes, lorsqu’ils sont transplantés.
  17. 17
    Modérer la vitesse d’un cheval de course.
  18. 18
    Se refermer, se rejoindre, en parlant des blessures, des chairs qui ont été coupées, ouvertes, séparées.
  19. 19
    Se remettre, se rétablir, se relever.
  20. 20
    Recommencer ; revenir ; retrouver la situation antérieure.
  21. 21
    Se figer, geler de nouveau,
  22. 22
    Se ressaisir, redevenir maître de soi.
  23. 23
    Se corriger d’une chose qu’on a dite mal à propos, avec ou sans intention.
  24. 24
    Se remettre à une chose.
  25. 25
    Remettre dans un cas fâcheux.
  26. 26
    Interpréter une chanson de quelqu’un d'autre.
  27. 27
    Après avoir été battu de façon déloyale, se battre à nouveau, refaire un combat dans des conditions normales, loyales.

This word in other languages

regain(English)amonestar(Español)nehmen(Deutsch)censurar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erprendre,reperndre,repprendre,reprednre,reprenddre,reprender,reprendrre,reprenndre,reprenrde,reprnedre,reprrendre,rerpendre,rperendre,rreprendre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for reprendre

Misspelling Variants of "reprendre"

erprendre9reperndre9repprendre10reprednre9reprenddre10reprender9reprendrre10reprenndre10
Misspelling Variants of "reprendre"

Frequency rank: #1,674 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reprendre"?
"reprendre" is spelled R-E-P-R-E-N-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\.
What does "reprendre" mean?
As a verb, "reprendre" means: Prendre de nouveau.
What words are commonly confused with "reprendre"?
"reprendre" is commonly confused with "reprends", "revendre", "reprenne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reprendre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reprendre" is \ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reprendre" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.