mettre dans un état second
\mɛ.tʁə dɑ̃.z‿œ̃ e.ta sə.ɡɔ̃\
The verdict
“mettre dans un état second” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Perturber le fonctionnement normal de la conscience.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mettre dans un état second |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛ.tʁə dɑ̃.z‿œ̃ e.ta sə.ɡɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mettre dans un état second” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mettre dans un état second is 26 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɛ.tʁə dɑ̃.z‿œ̃ e.ta sə.ɡɔ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mettre dans un état second, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is mettre dans un état second, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -D-A-N-S- -U-N- -É-T-A-T- -S-E-C-O-N-D.
Definition
- 1Perturber le fonctionnement normal de la conscience.
- 2Perturber ; bouleverser.
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.
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- The one correct French spelling is M-E-T-T-R-E- -D-A-N-S- -U-N- -É-T-A-T- -S-E-C-O-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɛ.tʁə dɑ̃.z‿œ̃ e.ta sə.ɡɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.