mettre au monde
\mɛ.tʁ‿o mɔ̃d\
The verdict
“mettre au monde” 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) - Engendrer, concernant des femelles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mettre-au-monde · mettre au monde · French
mettre au monde · 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 au monde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛ.tʁ‿o mɔ̃d\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mettre au monde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mettre au monde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɛ.tʁ‿o mɔ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
mettre au monde has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mettre au monde, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -A-U- -M-O-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Engendrer, concernant des femelles.
- 2Créer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mettre au monde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deux années, pendant lesquelles la jeune comtesse mit au monde un fils qui fut appelé Othon, s’écoulèrent dans un bonheur parfait.
Vous aviez été mon nourrisson, car votre mère était morte en vous mettant au monde. De ce jour-là, moi, sœur de lait de votre mère, je vous aimai comme mon propre enfant.
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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.