la mettre en sourdine
\la mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ suʁ.din\
The verdict
“la mettre en sourdine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se taire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-la-mettre-en-sourdine · la mettre en sourdine · French
la mettre en sourdine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « la mettre en sourdine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
la mettre en sourdine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \la mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ suʁ.din\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how la mettre en sourdine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et même si ton Jules a le bras long, p't'être bien aussi qu’il te dirait de la mettre en sourdine.
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.