à court terme
\a kuʁ tɛʁm\
The verdict
“à court terme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans la perspective d’une échéance rapprochée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-court-terme · à court terme · French
à court terme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" 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 | à court terme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a kuʁ tɛʁm\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à court terme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a kuʁ tɛʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans la perspective d’une échéance rapprochée.".
No misspelling variants are generated for à court terme in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is à court terme, spelled À- -C-O-U-R-T- -T-E-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1Dans la perspective d’une échéance rapprochée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à court terme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D'après les plus récentes recherches, la conscience humaine serait le résultat d'un processus de rétroaction entre la partie analytique du cerveau et la mémoire à très court terme.
Par conséquent, défendre l’intérêt national, ce n’est pas simplement défendre les intérêts, souvent à court terme et égoïstes, du seul peuple présent.
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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.