se soumettre
\sə su.mɛtʁ\
The verdict
“se soumettre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se plier, sous une contrainte physique ou morale, à la volonté d'autrui.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-soumettre · se soumettre · French
se soumettre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 soumettre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə su.mɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se soumettre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se soumettre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə su.mɛtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se plier, sous une contrainte physique ou morale, à la volonté d'autrui.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for se soumettre, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is se soumettre, spelled S-E- -S-O-U-M-E-T-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Se plier, sous une contrainte physique ou morale, à la volonté d'autrui.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se soumettre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En vain l’ambassadeur de France tenta de fléchir les négociateurs américains. Ils se montrèrent implacables. Il fallait se soumettre ou faire banqueroute.
Brahim venait de lui basculer la tête en arrière et, en bonne logique, la jeune fille devait bien admettre que plus le temps passait plus elle se soumettait volontiers à ses pratiques voluptueuses, bien que chaque étreinte la laissât sur le carreau.
This word in other languages
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.