se jeter à l’eau
\sə ʒə.te a l‿o\
The verdict
“se jeter à l’eau” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se précipiter dans une rivière, un lac, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | se jeter à l’eau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə ʒə.te a l‿o\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “se jeter à l’eau” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for se jeter à l’eau is 16 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sə ʒə.te a l‿o\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for se jeter à l’eau in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is se jeter à l’eau, spelled S-E- -J-E-T-E-R- -À- -L-’-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Se précipiter dans une rivière, un lac, etc.
- 2Se précipiter dans une rivière, un lac, etc. dans l’intention de se donner la mort.
- 3Prendre soudain une décision, généralement risquée ou d’issue incertaine, s’engager dans une entreprise sans certitude de réussir. Sauter le pas, se lancer.
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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.
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Using “se jeter à l’eau”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-E- -J-E-T-E-R- -À- -L-’-E-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sə ʒə.te a l‿o\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.