mettant

\mɛ.tɑ̃\

/\mɛ.tɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“mettant” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,725. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,725
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de mettre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mettant · mettant · French

mettant · rank #2,725 · 9 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,725
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mention

Nearest frequency peer: mention (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mettant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mettant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mettant vs mutant
71% similar
mettant vs montant
71% similar
mettant vs mettent
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mettant
PropertyValue
Headwordmettant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɛ.tɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,725
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mettant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.mettantse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mention » (#2,724), « offert » (#2,727), « Loire » (#2,722). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mettant » est au #2,725. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around mettant (IPA \mɛ.tɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,725 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de mettre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mettant, with forms such as "emttant", "metant", and "metatnt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "mutant", "montant", "mettent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mettant, spelled M-E-T-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de mettre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mettant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Vous aviez été mon nourrisson, car votre mère était morte en vous mettant au monde.
  2. Lorsqu’on commence à les décontenir, ces pré-adolescents trouvent d’autres dispositifs de contention, par exemple en se mettant dans des cartons, dans des tunnels de jeu, moments où ils montrent qu’ils peuvent reprendre à leur compte cette expérience psychosomatique qu’est la contention.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emttant
  • metant
  • metatnt
  • mettannt
  • mettantt
  • mettatn
  • mettnat
  • mmettant
  • mtetant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mettant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

emttant2metant1metatnt2mettannt1mettantt1mettatn2mettnat2mmettant1
Edit distance from "mettant"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mettant"?
"mettant" is spelled M-E-T-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛ.tɑ̃\.
What does "mettant" mean?
As a verb, "mettant" means: Participe présent de mettre.
What words are commonly confused with "mettant"?
"mettant" is commonly confused with "mutant", "montant", "mettent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mettant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mettant" is \mɛ.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mettant" come from?
"mettant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mettant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mention#2,724portent#2,731experts#2,715ennemis#2,714

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

feuilles9 variantsattaquer9 variantsvenant9 variantsattaques9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list