mettre son nez
\mɛtʁ sɔ̃ ne\
The verdict
“mettre son nez” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se mêler indiscrètement de quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mettre-son-nez · mettre son nez · French
mettre son nez · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 son nez |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛtʁ sɔ̃ ne\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mettre son nez is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɛtʁ sɔ̃ ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se mêler indiscrètement de quelque chose.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mettre son nez, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 son nez, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -S-O-N- -N-E-Z.
Definition
- 1Se mêler indiscrètement de quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mettre son nez appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mettre son nez où l’on n’a que faire.
Mettre son nez partout.
Synonyms
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.