à l’instant
\a l‿ɛ̃s.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“à l’instant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aussitôt ; à l’heure même ; tout à l’heure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-l-instant · à l’instant · French
à l’instant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 l’instant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a l‿ɛ̃s.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à l’instant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à l’instant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a l‿ɛ̃s.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aussitôt ; à l’heure même ; tout à l’heure.".
à l’instant has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is à l’instant, spelled À- -L-’-I-N-S-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Aussitôt ; à l’heure même ; tout à l’heure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à l’instant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il se leva et salua le grand maître, qui, à l’instant, lui accorda la permission de parler.
Et sais-tu ce que je me disais à l’instant, en t’apercevant, si gracieuse, qui cueillais les fleurs parmi la rosée du matin ? Que les jeunes Parisiennes, et même que les houris qui nous attendent au paradis sont, à coup sûr, moins belles que toi […].
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.