se mettre en quatre
\sə mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ katʁ\
The verdict
“se mettre en quatre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faire des efforts considérables pour rendre service à quelqu’un.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | se mettre en quatre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ katʁ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “se mettre en quatre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
se mettre en quatre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ katʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire des efforts considérables pour rendre service à quelqu’un.".
No misspelling variants are generated for se mettre en quatre in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is se mettre en quatre, spelled S-E- -M-E-T-T-R-E- -E-N- -Q-U-A-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Faire des efforts considérables pour rendre service à quelqu’un.
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.
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Using “se mettre en quatre”
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- -Q-U-A-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sə mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ katʁ\ (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.