se mettre minable
\sə mɛ.tʁə mi.nabl\
The verdict
“se mettre minable” 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
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dépenser sans compter, jusqu’au bout de ses forces ; se défoncer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | se mettre minable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə mɛ.tʁə mi.nabl\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “se mettre minable” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for se mettre minable is 17 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sə mɛ.tʁə mi.nabl\. 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.
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
- 1Se dépenser sans compter, jusqu’au bout de ses forces ; se défoncer.
- 2S’enivrer, se prendre une cuite.
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 minable”
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-I-N-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sə mɛ.tʁə mi.nabl\ (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.