mettre en pièces
\mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ pjɛs\
The verdict
“mettre en pièces” 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) - Transformer une chose compacte en morceaux.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mettre en pièces |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ pjɛs\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mettre en pièces” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mettre en pièces is 16 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ pjɛs\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
mettre en pièces doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mettre en pièces, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -E-N- -P-I-È-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Transformer une chose compacte en morceaux.
- 2Anéantir, démolir ; réduire en morceaux.
- 3Disloquer.
- 4Affliger de médisance ; ruiner une réputation.
This word in other languages
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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- -P-I-È-C-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.