se tenir tranquille
\sə tə.niʁ tʁɑ̃.kil\
The verdict
“se tenir tranquille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Demeurer sage, ne pas faire des histoires, ne pas se faire remarquer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-tenir-tranquille · se tenir tranquille · French
se tenir tranquille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 tenir tranquille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə tə.niʁ tʁɑ̃.kil\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se tenir tranquille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se tenir tranquille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə tə.niʁ tʁɑ̃.kil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Demeurer sage, ne pas faire des histoires, ne pas se faire remarquer.".
se tenir tranquille doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 se tenir tranquille, spelled S-E- -T-E-N-I-R- -T-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Demeurer sage, ne pas faire des histoires, ne pas se faire remarquer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how se tenir tranquille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sois sage, ô ma Douleur, et tiens-toi plus tranquille.
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.