mettre les bouts

\mɛtʁ le bu\

/\mɛtʁ le bu\/ verb

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The verdict

“mettre les bouts” 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
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se casser, s’en aller.

Key facts for mettre les bouts
PropertyValue
Headwordmettre les bouts
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɛtʁ le bu\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mettre les bouts” sits in French frequency

mettre les bouts falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for mettre les bouts is 16 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɛtʁ le bu\. 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: "Se casser, s’en aller.".

mettre les bouts has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mettre les bouts, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -L-E-S- -B-O-U-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se casser, s’en aller.

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 les bouts"?
"mettre les bouts" is spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -L-E-S- -B-O-U-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛtʁ le bu\.
What does "mettre les bouts" mean?
As a verb, "mettre les bouts" means: Se casser, s’en aller.
How do you pronounce "mettre les bouts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mettre les bouts" is \mɛtʁ le bu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mettre les bouts" come from?
"mettre les bouts" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “mettre les bouts”

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-E-S- -B-O-U-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \mɛtʁ le bu\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list