s’en mettre plein la lampe
\s‿ɑ̃ mɛtʁ plɛ̃ la lɑ̃p\
The verdict
“s’en mettre plein la lampe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manger abondamment.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-en-mettre-plein-la-lam · s’en mettre plein la lampe · French
s’en mettre plein la lampe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 26 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | s’en mettre plein la lampe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿ɑ̃ mɛtʁ plɛ̃ la lɑ̃p\ |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
s’en mettre plein la lampe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿ɑ̃ mɛtʁ plɛ̃ la lɑ̃p\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
s’en mettre plein la lampe has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is s’en mettre plein la lampe, spelled S-’-E-N- -M-E-T-T-R-E- -P-L-E-I-N- -L-A- -L-A-M-P-E.
Definition
- 1Manger abondamment.
- 2Profiter pleinement de quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how s’en mettre plein la lampe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Saisissez bien Charlot transi, tout gris, l'estomac vide; il est le pitre famélique regardant de la rue ceux qui, au restaurant, s'en mettent plein la lampe ; une vitre légère les sépare, et la loi (si la fantaisie lui venait à griveler).
12 septembre 44 – On s’en est mis plein la lampe et on leur en a mis plein la vue. C’est facile dans une langue étrangère : tout paraît original et les mots sont des balles toutes neuves qu’on s’amuse à assembler.
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.