mettre en place

\mɛt.ʁ‿ɑ̃ plas\

/\mɛt.ʁ‿ɑ̃ plas\/ verb

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Installer ; poser ; placer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mettre-en-place · mettre en place · French

mettre en place · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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 place
PropertyValue
Headwordmettre en place
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɛt.ʁ‿ɑ̃ plas\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

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

mettre en placesiège 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 place is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɛt.ʁ‿ɑ̃ plas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Installer ; poser ; placer.".

No misspelling variants are generated for mettre en place in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mettre en place, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -E-N- -P-L-A-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Installer ; poser ; placer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il s'agit d'un système d’information transnational de crues mis en place dans les bassins de la Moselle, de la Nahe et, pour partie, de celui du Rhin (environ 55 000 km2).
  2. L'église chrétienne va transformer les fantômes et les revenants en âmes en peine en même temps qu'elle met en place le Purgatoire entre l'Enfer et le Paradis. Les morts ont besoin des vivants et les moines de Cluny mettent en place la fête des morts.

This word in other languages

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 place"?
"mettre en place" is spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -E-N- -P-L-A-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛt.ʁ‿ɑ̃ plas\.
What does "mettre en place" mean?
As a verb, "mettre en place" means: Installer ; poser ; placer.
How do you pronounce "mettre en place"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mettre en place" is \mɛt.ʁ‿ɑ̃ plas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mettre en place" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list