mettre la pâtée
\mɛ.tʁə la pɑ.te\
The verdict
“mettre la pâtée” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vaincre largement, battre à plate couture.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mettre la pâtée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛ.tʁə la pɑ.te\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mettre la pâtée” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mettre la pâtée is 15 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɛ.tʁə la pɑ.te\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1Vaincre largement, battre à plate couture.
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 la pâtée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-E-T-T-R-E- -L-A- -P-Â-T-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɛ.tʁə la pɑ.te\ (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.