mettre fin à ses jours
\mɛ.tʁə fɛ̃ a se ʒuʁ\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mettre fin à ses jours |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛ.tʁə fɛ̃ a se ʒuʁ\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mettre fin à ses jours” sits in French frequency
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
- 1Se 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.
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Using “mettre fin à ses jours”
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- 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.