se mettre la corde au cou
The verdict
“se mettre la corde au cou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se pendre, finir sa vie à l’aide d’une pendaison.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-mettre-la-corde-au-co · se mettre la corde au cou · French
se mettre la corde au cou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 25 letters
- VOW-10 10 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 la corde au cou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se mettre la corde au cou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se mettre la corde au cou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for se mettre la corde au cou in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is se mettre la corde au cou, spelled S-E- -M-E-T-T-R-E- -L-A- -C-O-R-D-E- -A-U- -C-O-U.
Definition
- 1Se pendre, finir sa vie à l’aide d’une pendaison.
- 2Se mettre soi-même dans une situation de dépendance.
- 3Se marier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se mettre la corde au cou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il avait perdu sa femme et laissé ses enfants. Il s’était fait renvoyer de son travail et ne cessait de boire. Le soir, quand il se retrouva seul, il se mit la corde au cou.
Henri IV fait savoir qu’il a été retenu par la guerre menée contre le duc de Savoie. Et on le sait perturbé par les exigences de sa nouvelle maîtresse, Henriette d’Entragues, peu pressée de le voir se remettre la corde au cou.
Synonyms
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.