mettre de l’huile sur le feu
\mɛtʁ də l‿ɥil syʁ lə fø\
The verdict
“mettre de l’huile sur le feu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 28
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Exacerber les choses lors d’un conflit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mettre de l’huile sur le feu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛtʁ də l‿ɥil syʁ lə fø\ |
| Letters | 28 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mettre de l’huile sur le feu” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mettre de l’huile sur le feu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɛtʁ də l‿ɥil syʁ lə fø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Exacerber les choses lors d’un conflit.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mettre de l’huile sur le feu in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 de l’huile sur le feu, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -D-E- -L-’-H-U-I-L-E- -S-U-R- -L-E- -F-E-U.
Definition
- 1Exacerber les choses lors d’un conflit.
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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.
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- The one correct French spelling is M-E-T-T-R-E- -D-E- -L-’-H-U-I-L-E- -S-U-R- -L-E- -F-E-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɛtʁ də l‿ɥil syʁ lə fø\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.