s’y mettre
\s‿i mɛtʁ\
The verdict
“s’y mettre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se mettre au travail.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-y-mettre · s’y mettre · French
s’y mettre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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’y mettre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿i mɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « s’y mettre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
s’y mettre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿i mɛtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
s’y mettre has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is s’y mettre, spelled S-’-Y- -M-E-T-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Se mettre au travail.
- 2Se mettre au travail.
- 3Se mettre au travail.
- 4Se mettre au travail.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how s’y mettre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand fais tu tes devoirs ? Je m'y mets, je m'y mets.
On a encore beaucoup de travail, on devrait s'y mettre tout de suite.
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.