se mettre minable

\sə mɛ.tʁə mi.nabl\

/\sə mɛ.tʁə mi.nabl\/ verb

The verdict

“se mettre minable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dépenser sans compter, jusqu’au bout de ses forces ; se défoncer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-se-mettre-minable · se mettre minable · French

se mettre minable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for se mettre minable
PropertyValue
Headwordse mettre minable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sə mɛ.tʁə mi.nabl\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « se mettre minable » en français

se mettre minablereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

se mettre minable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə mɛ.tʁə mi.nabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

se mettre minable has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is se mettre minable, spelled S-E- -M-E-T-T-R-E- -M-I-N-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dépenser sans compter, jusqu’au bout de ses forces ; se défoncer.
  2. 2
    S’enivrer, se prendre une cuite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how se mettre minable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Lisandro Lopez est indéniablement l’un des meilleurs joueurs de Ligue 1 depuis son arrivée l’été dernier en France. Bernard Lacombe ne regrette pas les 24 millions d’euros investis pour recruter l’international argentin. Le bras droit de Jean-Michel Aulas ose d’ailleurs la comparaison avec un ancien attaquant lyonnais : « Sonny Anderson avait une grande a…
  2. Hier au Rendez-vous des amis Hou là là je m' suis mis minable Putain d' muflée que j' me suis pris Lamentable…

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "se mettre minable"?
"se mettre minable" is spelled S-E- -M-E-T-T-R-E- -M-I-N-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sə mɛ.tʁə mi.nabl\.
What does "se mettre minable" mean?
As a verb, "se mettre minable" means: Se dépenser sans compter, jusqu’au bout de ses forces ; se défoncer.
How do you pronounce "se mettre minable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "se mettre minable" is \sə mɛ.tʁə mi.nabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "se mettre minable" come from?
"se mettre minable" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list