mettre fin
\mɛ.tʁə fɛ̃\
The verdict
“mettre fin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Finir ; terminer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mettre-fin · mettre fin · French
mettre fin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 fin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛ.tʁə fɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mettre fin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mettre fin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɛ.tʁə fɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Finir ; terminer.".
Zero misspellings are on record for mettre fin in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mettre fin, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -F-I-N.
Definition
- 1Finir ; terminer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mettre fin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La terrible défaite de Sedan et l’invasion du territoire, en septembre 1870, mirent fin au régime impérial.
Mais généralement l’envoi de quelques troupes met fin aux troubles en peu de temps. Elles envahissent le territoire de la tribu à châtier, pillent les douars, razzient les troupeaux, détruisent les cultures, font des prisonniers et coupent des têtes, […]
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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.