mettre en service
\mɛtʁ ɑ̃ sɛʁ.vis\
The verdict
“mettre en service” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de commencer l’exploitation ou l’utilisation d'un équipement ou de toute installation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mettre-en-service · mettre en service · French
mettre en service · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 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 service |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛtʁ ɑ̃ sɛʁ.vis\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mettre en service » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mettre en service is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɛtʁ ɑ̃ sɛʁ.vis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mettre en service appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alors que la guerre en Ukraine pose à l’Europe la question de sa dépendance énergétique, la Turquie mise sur le nucléaire et va mettre bientôt en service la centrale d’Akkuyu, dans le sud du pays.
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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.