se prendre la tête
\sə pʁɑ̃dʁ la tɛt\
The verdict
“se prendre la tête” 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) - S’énerver, s’obnubiler, se rendre fou.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-prendre-la-tete · se prendre la tête · French
se prendre la tête · 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 | se prendre la tête |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə pʁɑ̃dʁ la tɛt\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se prendre la tête » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se prendre la tête is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə pʁɑ̃dʁ la tɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for se prendre la tête, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is se prendre la tête, spelled S-E- -P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -L-A- -T-Ê-T-E.
Definition
- 1S’énerver, s’obnubiler, se rendre fou.
- 2S’ennuyer profondément.
- 3Se compliquer la vie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se prendre la tête appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce casse-tête chinois me prend la tête, je m'acharne mais je n'y arrive pas.
Ma playstation est morte, j’me prends trop la tête.
Synonyms
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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.