jeter un pavé dans la mare

\ʒə.te œ̃ pa.ve dɑ̃ la maʁ\

/\ʒə.te œ̃ pa.ve dɑ̃ la maʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“jeter un pavé dans la mare” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
26
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Dire quelque chose qui dérange.

Key facts for jeter un pavé dans la mare
PropertyValue
Headwordjeter un pavé dans la mare
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒə.te œ̃ pa.ve dɑ̃ la maʁ\
Letters26
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “jeter un pavé dans la mare” sits in French frequency

jeter un pavé dans la mare falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for jeter un pavé dans la mare is 26 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒə.te œ̃ pa.ve dɑ̃ la maʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dire quelque chose qui dérange.".

No misspelling variants are generated for jeter un pavé dans la mare in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is jeter un pavé dans la mare, spelled J-E-T-E-R- -U-N- -P-A-V-É- -D-A-N-S- -L-A- -M-A-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dire quelque chose qui dérange.

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.

Cite this page

Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY-SA). Copy the citation:

PlainSpell, “jeter un pavé dans la mare, French word data” (May 6, 2026). Derived from Wiktionary (kaikki.org, CC BY-SA) and an open word-frequency list. https://plainspell.com/fr/mot/jeter-un-pave-dans-la-mare

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jeter un pavé dans la mare"?
"jeter un pavé dans la mare" is spelled J-E-T-E-R- -U-N- -P-A-V-É- -D-A-N-S- -L-A- -M-A-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒə.te œ̃ pa.ve dɑ̃ la maʁ\.
What does "jeter un pavé dans la mare" mean?
As a verb, "jeter un pavé dans la mare" means: Dire quelque chose qui dérange.
How do you pronounce "jeter un pavé dans la mare"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jeter un pavé dans la mare" is \ʒə.te œ̃ pa.ve dɑ̃ la maʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jeter un pavé dans la mare" come from?
"jeter un pavé dans la mare" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Using “jeter un pavé dans la mare”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is J-E-T-E-R- -U-N- -P-A-V-É- -D-A-N-S- -L-A- -M-A-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʒə.te œ̃ pa.ve dɑ̃ la maʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter J in our French index:

Explore PlainSpell

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list