mettre au fait
\mɛ.tʁ‿o fɛ\
The verdict
“mettre au fait” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre au courant, informer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mettre-au-fait · mettre au fait · French
mettre au fait · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 au fait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛ.tʁ‿o fɛ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mettre au fait » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mettre au fait is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɛ.tʁ‿o fɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mettre au courant, informer.".
Zero misspellings are on record for mettre au fait in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mettre au fait, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -A-U- -F-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Mettre au courant, informer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mettre au fait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand on vous aura mis au fait de toutes les circonstances, vous ne serez plus étonné.
– Voilà bien la plus curieuse histoire que j’aie entendue de ma vie, s’écria-t-il dès qu’on l’eut mis au fait.
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.