savoir s’y prendre
\sa.vwaʁ s‿i pʁɑ̃dʁ\
The verdict
“savoir s’y prendre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir le don, l’expérience, la connaissance, etc. pour bien faire une chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-savoir-s-y-prendre · savoir s’y prendre · French
savoir s’y prendre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | savoir s’y prendre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sa.vwaʁ s‿i pʁɑ̃dʁ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « savoir s’y prendre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
savoir s’y prendre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sa.vwaʁ s‿i pʁɑ̃dʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avoir le don, l’expérience, la connaissance, etc. pour bien faire une chose.".
savoir s’y prendre has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is savoir s’y prendre, spelled S-A-V-O-I-R- -S-’-Y- -P-R-E-N-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Avoir le don, l’expérience, la connaissance, etc. pour bien faire une chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how savoir s’y prendre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il doit savoir s'y prendre pour ne pas compromettre son honneur et les intérêts de l'Etat.
Célibataire sans enfant, il craignait de ne pas savoir s’y prendre avec l’orpheline et de ne pas être à la hauteur de la tâche, leur avait-il confié.
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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.