mettre

[mɛtʁ]

/[mɛtʁ]/ verb

The verdict

“mettre” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - antun, anziehen, auflegen, anlegen, legen, setzen, stecken, stellen, einsetzen, inserieren, hineintun, hineinlegen, hineinstecken

Corpus desk

Index DE-mettre · mettre · German

mettre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" 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.

Key facts for mettre
PropertyValue
Headwordmettre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[mɛtʁ]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „mettre“ im Deutschen

mettreschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mettre is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [mɛtʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "antun, anziehen, auflegen, anlegen, legen, setzen, stecken, stellen, einsetzen, inserieren, hineintun, hineinlegen, hineinstecken".

No generated misspelling entries exist for mettre in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is mettre, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    antun, anziehen, auflegen, anlegen, legen, setzen, stecken, stellen, einsetzen, inserieren, hineintun, hineinlegen, hineinstecken

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mettre"?
"mettre" is spelled M-E-T-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [mɛtʁ].
What does "mettre" mean?
As a verb, "mettre" means: antun, anziehen, auflegen, anlegen, legen, setzen, stecken, stellen, einsetzen, inserieren, hineintun, hineinlegen, hineinstecken
How do you pronounce "mettre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mettre" is [mɛtʁ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mettre" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list