mettre la pâtée
\mɛ.tʁə la pɑ.te\
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.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « mettre la pâtée » en français
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
- 1Vaincre largement, battre à plate couture.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mettre la pâtée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.