se mettre
\sə mɛtʁ\
The verdict
“se 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
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’habiller.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-mettre · se mettre · French
se mettre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | se mettre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə mɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se mettre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se mettre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə mɛtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for se mettre, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is se mettre, spelled S-E- -M-E-T-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1S’habiller.
- 2Prendre place, s’installer, s’asseoir.
- 3S’installer durablement, devenir.
- 4Vivre maritalement.
- 5S’occuper à quelque chose
- 6Se réunir en vue d’une action.
- 7Commencer une action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se mettre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais, pour contre-balancer de tels désavantages, la marquise d’Aubrion avait donné à sa fille un air très distingué, l’avait soumise à une hygiène qui maintenait provisoirement le nez à un ton de chair raisonnable, lui avait appris l’art de se mettre avec goût, l’avait dotée de jolies manières, lui avait enseigné ces regards mélancoliques qui intéressent…
Mᵐᵉ Ravaud est, en effet, dévote, une dévote qui sait se mettre, a de la tenue, sans être élégante ni coquette. Une sorte de distinction grave, roide, lourde, massive, une distinction de province ; une manière de portrait de famille bourgeoise en pied et en vertugadin.
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.