se mettre martel en tête

\sə mɛ.tʁə maʁ.tɛ.l‿ɑ̃ tɛt\

/\sə mɛ.tʁə maʁ.tɛ.l‿ɑ̃ tɛt\/ verb

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The verdict

“se mettre martel en tête” 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
24
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se faire du souci parce qu’on doute de la fidélité de celui ou celle que l’on aime.

Key facts for se mettre martel en tête
PropertyValue
Headwordse mettre martel en tête
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sə mɛ.tʁə maʁ.tɛ.l‿ɑ̃ tɛt\
Letters24
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “se mettre martel en tête” sits in French frequency

se mettre martel en tête falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for se mettre martel en tête is 24 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sə mɛ.tʁə maʁ.tɛ.l‿ɑ̃ tɛt\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Zero misspellings are on record for se mettre martel en tête in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is se mettre martel en tête, spelled S-E- -M-E-T-T-R-E- -M-A-R-T-E-L- -E-N- -T-Ê-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se faire du souci parce qu’on doute de la fidélité de celui ou celle que l’on aime.
  2. 2
    Se tourmenter, se faire beaucoup de souci, s’inquiéter fortement et de manière quasi obsessionnelle.

Synonyms

se faire du tracasse faire du soucise mettre la rate au court-bouillon

Antonyms

ne pas se casser la tête

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "se mettre martel en tête"?
"se mettre martel en tête" is spelled S-E- -M-E-T-T-R-E- -M-A-R-T-E-L- -E-N- -T-Ê-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sə mɛ.tʁə maʁ.tɛ.l‿ɑ̃ tɛt\.
What does "se mettre martel en tête" mean?
As a verb, "se mettre martel en tête" means: Se faire du souci parce qu’on doute de la fidélité de celui ou celle que l’on aime.
How do you pronounce "se mettre martel en tête"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "se mettre martel en tête" is \sə mɛ.tʁə maʁ.tɛ.l‿ɑ̃ tɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "se mettre martel en tête" come from?
"se mettre martel en tête" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “se mettre martel en tête”

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- -M-A-R-T-E-L- -E-N- -T-Ê-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \sə mɛ.tʁə maʁ.tɛ.l‿ɑ̃ tɛt\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list