mettre un terme
\mɛ.tʁ‿œ̃ tɛʁm\
The verdict
“mettre un terme” 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) - Faire cesser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mettre-un-terme · mettre un terme · French
mettre un terme · 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 un terme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛ.tʁ‿œ̃ tɛʁm\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mettre un terme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mettre un terme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɛ.tʁ‿œ̃ tɛʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire cesser.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mettre un terme in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mettre un terme, spelled M-E-T-T-R-E- -U-N- -T-E-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1Faire cesser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mettre un terme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les abbayes et les monastères, étaient à cette époque, « cavernes de voleurs, lieux de dissolution » ; les abus devenaient tellement criants, les désordres prenaient des proportions si inquiétantes, qu’à tout prix il fallait y mettre un terme ; […]
D'ailleurs, le choix fait de mettre un terme aux rezzous procédait directement de cet atavisme ethnique voulant que le nomade « vive sur la bête », en l'occurrence sur le sédentaire, à l'image du laborator médiéval dont le destin était d'assurer l'entretien du bellator.
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.