mettre fin à ses jours

\mɛ.tʁə fɛ̃ a se ʒuʁ\

/\mɛ.tʁə fɛ̃ a se ʒuʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“mettre fin à ses jours” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
22
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se suicider.

Key facts for mettre fin à ses jours
PropertyValue
Headwordmettre fin à ses jours
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɛ.tʁə fɛ̃ a se ʒuʁ\
Letters22
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mettre fin à ses jours” sits in French frequency

mettre fin à ses jours 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.

Rare enough to double-check

mettre fin à ses jours is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɛ.tʁə fɛ̃ a se ʒuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se suicider.".

mettre fin à ses jours has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mettre fin à ses jours, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -F-I-N- -À- -S-E-S- -J-O-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se suicider.

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 fin à ses jours"?
"mettre fin à ses jours" is spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -F-I-N- -À- -S-E-S- -J-O-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛ.tʁə fɛ̃ a se ʒuʁ\.
What does "mettre fin à ses jours" mean?
As a verb, "mettre fin à ses jours" means: Se suicider.
How do you pronounce "mettre fin à ses jours"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mettre fin à ses jours" is \mɛ.tʁə fɛ̃ a se ʒuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mettre fin à ses jours" come from?
"mettre fin à ses jours" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “mettre fin à ses jours”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-E-T-T-R-E- -F-I-N- -À- -S-E-S- -J-O-U-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \mɛ.tʁə fɛ̃ a se ʒuʁ\ (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