mettre en œuvre
\mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿œvʁ\
The verdict
“mettre en œuvre” 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) - Employer à quelque usage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mettre-en-uvre · mettre en œuvre · French
mettre en œuvre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 œuvre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿œvʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mettre en œuvre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿œvʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Employer à quelque usage.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mettre en œuvre, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mettre en œuvre, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -E-N- -Œ-U-V-R-E.
Definition
- 1Employer à quelque usage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mettre en œuvre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un biolaveur a été mis en œuvre sur un poste de relevage des eaux usées d'une station balnéaire de l'Ouest de la France.
Pendant cette année 1912 je travaillais d’arrache-pied. Nous étions en mars et le certificat d'étude était pour la mi-juin. Il s'agissait de tout mettre en œuvre pour ne pas recommencer l'année prochaine. Déjà nous savions que nous étions 11 à affronter cet examen.
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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.