se prendre le chou
The verdict
“se prendre le chou” 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) - Se prendre la tête.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-prendre-le-chou · se prendre le chou · French
se prendre le chou · 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 le chou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se prendre le chou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se prendre le chou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se prendre la tête.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for se prendre le chou in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 le chou, spelled S-E- -P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -L-E- -C-H-O-U.
Definition
- 1Se prendre la tête.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how se prendre le chou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’idée, c’est de se prendre moins le chou, tout simplement.
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.