se mettre en peine
The verdict
“se mettre en peine” 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
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se faire du souci, s'inquiéter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | se mettre en peine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “se mettre en peine” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for se mettre en peine is 18 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Se faire du souci, s'inquiéter.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for se mettre en peine, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is se mettre en peine, spelled S-E- -M-E-T-T-R-E- -E-N- -P-E-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Se faire du souci, s'inquiéter.
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 mettre en peine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-E- -M-E-T-T-R-E- -E-N- -P-E-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.