mettre la pâtée

\mɛ.tʁə la pɑ.te\

/\mɛ.tʁə la pɑ.te\/ verb

The verdict

“mettre la pâtée” 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) - Vaincre largement, battre à plate couture.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mettre-la-patee · mettre la pâtée · French

mettre la pâtée · 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.

Key facts for mettre la pâtée
PropertyValue
Headwordmettre la pâtée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɛ.tʁə la pɑ.te\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mettre la pâtée » en français

mettre la pâtéereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mettre la pâtée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɛ.tʁə la pɑ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vaincre largement, battre à plate couture.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mettre la pâtée, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 la pâtée, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -L-A- -P-Â-T-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vaincre largement, battre à plate couture.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mettre la pâtée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Agustina accoucha seule au-delà des faubourgs de Cádiz, Andalucía, berceau de ce mythe, près du cap de Trafalgar où cet hijo de puta de Nelson mit la pâtée à la flotte franco-espagnole — ce qui n'a rien à voir avec notre histoire, passons.
  2. Il en avait trois litres dans son sac, trois litres pour trois semaines de guerre, puisqu'on lui avait dit qu'on leur mettrait la pâtée en trois semaines, aux Allemands.

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 la pâtée"?
"mettre la pâtée" is spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -L-A- -P-Â-T-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛ.tʁə la pɑ.te\.
What does "mettre la pâtée" mean?
As a verb, "mettre la pâtée" means: Vaincre largement, battre à plate couture.
How do you pronounce "mettre la pâtée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mettre la pâtée" is \mɛ.tʁə la pɑ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list