tenir la forme
\tə.niʁ la fɔʁm\
The verdict
“tenir la forme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conserver une bonne santé, une bonne forme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tenir-la-forme · tenir la forme · French
tenir la forme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tenir la forme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tə.niʁ la fɔʁm\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tenir la forme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tenir la forme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \tə.niʁ la fɔʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conserver une bonne santé, une bonne forme.".
Zero misspellings are on record for tenir la forme in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 tenir la forme, spelled T-E-N-I-R- -L-A- -F-O-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1Conserver une bonne santé, une bonne forme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tenir la forme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À 78 ans, Michel Ocelot tient toujours la forme.
Manger, bouger, dormir : les trois clés d'un cercle vertueux pour tenir la forme.
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.