mette
\mɛt\
The verdict
“mette” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,111. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,111
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de mettre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mette · mette · French
mette · rank #6,111 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,111
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH maturité
Nearest frequency peer: maturité (-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 « mette »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- litres
litres
93,893 corpus weight
- marbre
marbre
93,892 corpus weight
- maturité
maturité
93,891 corpus weight
- mette
mette
93,890 corpus weight
- ms
ms
93,889 corpus weight
- mètre
mètre
93,888 corpus weight
What this shows « mette » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛt\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,111 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mette »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around mette (IPA \mɛt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,111 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for mette, with forms such as "emtte", "mete", and "metet". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Metz", "muté", "morte", 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 mette, spelled M-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de mettre.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de mettre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je l’enverrai à une nation perfide, et je lui commanderai d’aller contre un peuple que je regarde dans ma fureur, afin qu’il en remporte les dépouilles, qu’il le mette au pillage, et qu’il le foule aux pieds comme la boue qui est dans les rues.
Il se disait probablement que sa femme ne les trouverait jamais, qu’elles s’effriteraient avant qu’elle ne mette la main sur le carton.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emtte
- mete
- metet
- mmette
- mtete
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mette - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mette", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).