mettre bas
\mɛtʁ ba\
The verdict
“mettre bas” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accoucher, en parlant d’un animal, plus particulièrement d’un mammifère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mettre-bas · mettre bas · French
mettre bas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 bas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛtʁ ba\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mettre bas » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mettre bas is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɛtʁ ba\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mettre bas, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mettre bas, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -B-A-S.
Definition
- 1Accoucher, en parlant d’un animal, plus particulièrement d’un mammifère.
- 2Diminuer ; abaisser ; arrêter.
- 3Perdre ses bois, en parlant d’un cerf.
- 4Mettre ses bas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mettre bas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sa chienne, Zola, avait mis bas la veille. Trois petites boules de poils, blanches comme la neige.
Ils avaient brisé les portes à coups de crosse et les Bavarois, surpris par la brusquerie de l'attaque, avaient mis bas les armes ou s'étaient sauvés.
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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.