mettre en examen
\mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿ɛ.ɡza.mɛ̃\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mettre en examen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿ɛ.ɡza.mɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mettre en examen » en français
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
- 1Procéder à l’inculpation d’une personne que l’on pense être coupable d’un délit ou d’un crime.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mettre en examen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.