mettre en service
\mɛtʁ ɑ̃ sɛʁ.vis\
The verdict
“mettre en service” 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
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de commencer l’exploitation ou l’utilisation d'un équipement ou de toute installation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mettre en service |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛtʁ ɑ̃ sɛʁ.vis\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mettre en service” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mettre en service is 17 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɛtʁ ɑ̃ sɛʁ.vis\. 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: "Action de commencer l’exploitation ou l’utilisation d'un équipement ou de toute installation.".
Zero misspellings are on record for mettre en service in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mettre en service, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -E-N- -S-E-R-V-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Action de commencer l’exploitation ou l’utilisation d'un équipement ou de toute installation.
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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.
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Using “mettre en service”
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- -S-E-R-V-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɛtʁ ɑ̃ sɛʁ.vis\ (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.