la mettre en sourdine
\la mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ suʁ.din\
The verdict
“la mettre en sourdine” 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
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se taire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | la mettre en sourdine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \la mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ suʁ.din\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “la mettre en sourdine” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for la mettre en sourdine is 21 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \la mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ suʁ.din\. 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: "Se taire.".
Zero misspellings are on record for la mettre en sourdine in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is la mettre en sourdine, spelled L-A- -M-E-T-T-R-E- -E-N- -S-O-U-R-D-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Se taire.
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-A- -M-E-T-T-R-E- -E-N- -S-O-U-R-D-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \la mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ suʁ.din\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.