se prendre aux cheveux
\sə pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿o ʃə.vø\
The verdict
“se prendre aux cheveux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’échanger des horions dans une lutte, en parlant des femmes entre elles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-prendre-aux-cheveux · se prendre aux cheveux · French
se prendre aux cheveux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | se prendre aux cheveux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿o ʃə.vø\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se prendre aux cheveux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se prendre aux cheveux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿o ʃə.vø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "S’échanger des horions dans une lutte, en parlant des femmes entre elles.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for se prendre aux cheveux, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 se prendre aux cheveux, spelled S-E- -P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -A-U-X- -C-H-E-V-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1S’échanger des horions dans une lutte, en parlant des femmes entre elles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se prendre aux cheveux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mon cœur est un palais flétri par la cohue; On s’y soûle, on s’y tue, on s’y prend aux cheveux !
La personne qui venait chercher la leçon s’en va, ayant peur de recevoir une carafe à la tête, quelque bouteille égarée de son chemin, — si mon père rentrait et que nous nous prissions aux cheveux.
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.