mettre la table
\mɛtʁ la tabl\
The verdict
“mettre la table” 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) - Disposer, placer les couverts et le nécessaire sur une table ou sur tout autre support pour manger.
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Index FR-mettre-la-table · mettre la table · French
mettre la table · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 table |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛtʁ la tabl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mettre la table » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mettre la table is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɛtʁ la tabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Disposer, placer les couverts et le nécessaire sur une table ou sur tout autre support pour manger.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mettre la table in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mettre la table, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -L-A- -T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Disposer, placer les couverts et le nécessaire sur une table ou sur tout autre support pour manger.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mettre la table appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La femme a mis la table sur la natte et j’ai commencé le déjeuner […].
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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.