mettre en examen

\mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿ɛ.ɡza.mɛ̃\

/\mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿ɛ.ɡza.mɛ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“mettre en examen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Procéder à l’inculpation d’une personne que l’on pense être coupable d’un délit ou d’un crime.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mettre-en-examen · mettre en examen · French

mettre en examen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 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.

Key facts for mettre en examen
PropertyValue
Headwordmettre en examen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿ɛ.ɡza.mɛ̃\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mettre en examen » en français

mettre en examensiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

mettre en examen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿ɛ.ɡza.mɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Procéder à l’inculpation d’une personne que l’on pense être coupable d’un délit ou d’un crime.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mettre en examen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mettre en examen, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -E-N- -E-X-A-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Procéder à l’inculpation d’une personne que l’on pense être coupable d’un délit ou d’un crime.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mettre en examen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les parents d’un bébé trouvé mort dans son berceau à Bray-Saint-Aignan (Loiret) ont été mis en examen ce vendredi du chef de « meurtre d’un mineur de moins de 15 ans » et placés en détention.
  2. Sa coéquipière au PSG, Aminata Diallo, considérée par les enquêteurs comme la commanditaire des violences, a été mise en examen et placée sous contrôle judiciaire.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mettre en examen"?
"mettre en examen" is spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -E-N- -E-X-A-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿ɛ.ɡza.mɛ̃\.
What does "mettre en examen" mean?
As a verb, "mettre en examen" means: Procéder à l’inculpation d’une personne que l’on pense être coupable d’un délit ou d’un crime.
How do you pronounce "mettre en examen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mettre en examen" is \mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿ɛ.ɡza.mɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mettre en examen" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list