mettre en colère

\mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ kɔ.lɛʁ\

/\mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ kɔ.lɛʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“mettre en colère” 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
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fâcher quelqu’un, déclencher la colère de quelqu’un.

Key facts for mettre en colère
PropertyValue
Headwordmettre en colère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ kɔ.lɛʁ\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mettre en colère” sits in French frequency

mettre en colère falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for mettre en colère is 16 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ kɔ.lɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fâcher quelqu’un, déclencher la colère de quelqu’un.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mettre en colère, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 en colère, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -E-N- -C-O-L-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fâcher quelqu’un, déclencher la colère de quelqu’un.

Synonyms

encolérer

This word in other languages

encolerizar(Español)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mettre en colère"?
"mettre en colère" is spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -E-N- -C-O-L-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ kɔ.lɛʁ\.
What does "mettre en colère" mean?
As a verb, "mettre en colère" means: Fâcher quelqu’un, déclencher la colère de quelqu’un.
How do you pronounce "mettre en colère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mettre en colère" is \mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ kɔ.lɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mettre en colère" come from?
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Using “mettre en colère”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-E-T-T-R-E- -E-N- -C-O-L-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ kɔ.lɛʁ\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list