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à s'y méprendre

French, adverb/a s‿i me.pʁɑ̃dʁ/

à s'y méprendre is spelled À-S-Y-M-É-P-R-E-N-D-R-E (12 letters). À s'y méprendre is a French adverb meaning “exactly alike, like two peas in a pod” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qu’il est facile de confondre”.

What does à s'y méprendre mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    exactly alike, like two peas in a pod

    Il ressemble à s'y méprendre à son père.

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. Qu’il est facile de confondre.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce à s'y méprendre?

  • /a s‿i me.pʁɑ̃dʁ/
  • \a s‿i me.pʁɑ̃dʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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