se prendre aux cheveux
\sə pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿o ʃə.vø\
The verdict
“se prendre aux cheveux” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - S’échanger des horions dans une lutte, en parlant des femmes entre elles.
| 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) |
Where “se prendre aux cheveux” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for se prendre aux cheveux is 22 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sə pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿o ʃə.vø\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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.
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Using “se prendre aux cheveux”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-E- -P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -A-U-X- -C-H-E-V-E-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sə pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿o ʃə.vø\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.