à court terme
\a kuʁ tɛʁm\
The verdict
“à court terme” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dans la perspective d’une échéance rapprochée.
| 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) |
Where “à court terme” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for à court terme is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a kuʁ tɛʁm\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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.
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Using “à court terme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is À- -C-O-U-R-T- -T-E-R-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a kuʁ tɛʁm\ (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.