reprendre son souffle
\ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ sɔ̃ sufl\
The verdict
“reprendre son souffle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Recommencer à respirer après une interruption accidentelle, plus ou moins longue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reprendre-son-souffle · reprendre son souffle · French
reprendre son souffle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | reprendre son souffle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ sɔ̃ sufl\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
reprendre son souffle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ sɔ̃ sufl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Recommencer à respirer après une interruption accidentelle, plus ou moins longue.".
reprendre son souffle has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is reprendre son souffle, spelled R-E-P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -S-O-N- -S-O-U-F-F-L-E.
Definition
- 1Recommencer à respirer après une interruption accidentelle, plus ou moins longue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how reprendre son souffle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In extremis, ils me laissaient reprendre mon souffle pendant qu’ils faisaient rejeter l’eau. Au dernier passage, je perdis connaissance.
Synonyms
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.