mettre à genoux
\mɛ.tʁ‿a ʒə.nu\
The verdict
“mettre à genoux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire agenouiller.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mettre-a-genoux · mettre à genoux · French
mettre à genoux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mettre à genoux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛ.tʁ‿a ʒə.nu\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mettre à genoux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɛ.tʁ‿a ʒə.nu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mettre à genoux, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mettre à genoux, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -À- -G-E-N-O-U-X.
Definition
- 1Faire agenouiller.
- 2Affaiblir autrui au point de l’avoir à sa merci.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mettre à genoux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aussitôt que l’aveugle entendit le bruit terrible de la troupe ennemie, il pria ses deux compagnons de le mettre à genoux, ce qu’ils firent, en s’y mettant eux-mêmes et en le soutenant sous les bras ; […].
Mais il comprit que oui, ils l’imaginaient et qu’il fallait frapper un grand coup s’il voulait les mettre à genoux, les obliger à capituler et terminer ainsi des combats aussi sanglants qu’inutiles et démoralisants pour ses hommes.
This word in other languages
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.