remettre en question
\ʁə.mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ kɛs.tjɔ̃\
The verdict
“remettre en question” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contester un principe ou une chose acquise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-remettre-en-question · remettre en question · French
remettre en question · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 en question |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ kɛs.tjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « remettre en question » en français
Rare enough to double-check
remettre en question is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ kɛs.tjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Contester un principe ou une chose acquise.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for remettre en question in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is remettre en question, spelled R-E-M-E-T-T-R-E- -E-N- -Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Contester un principe ou une chose acquise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how remettre en question appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ne remettez pas tout en question.
Synonyms
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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.