mettre le feu
\mɛ.tʁə lə fø\
The verdict
“mettre le feu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Allumer un feu, le plus souvent dans des circonstances anormales, par inadvertance, négligence, malveillance, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mettre-le-feu · mettre le feu · French
mettre le feu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 le feu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛ.tʁə lə fø\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mettre le feu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mettre le feu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɛ.tʁə lə fø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mettre le feu, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mettre le feu, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -L-E- -F-E-U.
Definition
- 1Allumer un feu, le plus souvent dans des circonstances anormales, par inadvertance, négligence, malveillance, etc.
- 2Provoquer une bagarre, un conflit.
- 3Exciter ; provoquer une ambiance festive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mettre le feu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les mines sont étançonnées et étayées avec du bois auquel on met le feu, ce qui fait tomber une partie des défenses de la barbacane.
Mais au lieu des secours attendus, ses habitants ne reçurent de Joseph I que l'ordre de l'évacuer. Ils obéirent malgré eux, mais non sans avoir encloué leur artillerie et mis le feu à leurs maisons et aux poudres.
This word in other languages
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.