mettre la bride sur le cou
The verdict
“mettre la bride sur le cou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laisser quelqu'un entièrement libre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mettre-la-bride-sur-le-c · mettre la bride sur le cou · French
mettre la bride sur le cou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 26 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 la bride sur le cou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mettre la bride sur le cou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mettre la bride sur le cou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Laisser quelqu'un entièrement libre.".
Zero misspellings are on record for mettre la bride sur le cou in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mettre la bride sur le cou, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -L-A- -B-R-I-D-E- -S-U-R- -L-E- -C-O-U.
Definition
- 1Laisser quelqu'un entièrement libre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mettre la bride sur le cou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je jouis avec plaisir et modération de la bride qu’on m’a mise sur le cou.
Elle est admirable, quand elle a la bride sur le cou.
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.