remettre à sa place
\ʁə.mɛ.tʁ‿a sa plas\
The verdict
“remettre à sa place” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rappeler quelqu’un aux convenances, le réprimander.
Corpus desk
Index FR-remettre-a-sa-place · remettre à sa place · French
remettre à sa place · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | remettre à sa place |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.mɛ.tʁ‿a sa plas\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « remettre à sa place » en français
Rare enough to double-check
remettre à sa place is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.mɛ.tʁ‿a sa plas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rappeler quelqu’un aux convenances, le réprimander.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for remettre à sa place, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is remettre à sa place, spelled R-E-M-E-T-T-R-E- -À- -S-A- -P-L-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Rappeler quelqu’un aux convenances, le réprimander.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how remettre à sa place appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lucien, tout Parisien qu’il était, manqua tout à fait du courage nécessaire pour remettre le docteur à sa place, et c’est sur quoi Du Poirier comptait bien. D’ailleurs, je pense qu’il n’eût pas été au désespoir d’être sévèrement remis à sa place : ces gens hasardeux ont la peau dure.
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.