in Dienst stellen
\ɪn ˈdiːnst ʃtɛlən\
The verdict
“in Dienst stellen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mettre en service un appareil, une installation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | in Dienst stellen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɪn ˈdiːnst ʃtɛlən\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “in Dienst stellen” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
in Dienst stellen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɪn ˈdiːnst ʃtɛlən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for in Dienst stellen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is in Dienst stellen, spelled I-N- -D-I-E-N-S-T- -S-T-E-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1Mettre en service un appareil, une installation.
- 2Engager, prendre à son service (contexte : surtout service public, police, armée, etc.).
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.
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Using “in Dienst stellen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N- -D-I-E-N-S-T- -S-T-E-L-L-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.