mettre en usage

\mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿y.zaʒ\

/\mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿y.zaʒ\/ verb

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The verdict

“mettre en usage” 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
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Employer à quelque usage.

Key facts for mettre en usage
PropertyValue
Headwordmettre en usage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿y.zaʒ\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mettre en usage” sits in French frequency

mettre en usage falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for mettre en usage is 15 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿y.zaʒ\. 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: "Employer à quelque usage.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mettre en usage, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 usage, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -E-N- -U-S-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Employer à quelque usage.

Synonyms

mettre en œuvre

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 usage"?
"mettre en usage" is spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -E-N- -U-S-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿y.zaʒ\.
What does "mettre en usage" mean?
As a verb, "mettre en usage" means: Employer à quelque usage.
How do you pronounce "mettre en usage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mettre en usage" is \mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿y.zaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mettre en usage" come from?
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Using “mettre en usage”

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- -U-S-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿y.zaʒ\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list