se mettre minable
\sə mɛ.tʁə mi.nabl\
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.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « se mettre minable » en français
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
- 1Se dépenser sans compter, jusqu’au bout de ses forces ; se défoncer.
- 2S’enivrer, se prendre une cuite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se mettre minable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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…
Hier au Rendez-vous des amis Hou là là je m' suis mis minable Putain d' muflée que j' me suis pris Lamentable…
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.