à long terme
\a lɔ̃ tɛʁm\
The verdict
“à long 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
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Situé dans la perspective d’une échéance relativement éloignée.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à long terme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a lɔ̃ tɛʁm\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “à long terme” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for à long terme is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a lɔ̃ 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: "Situé dans la perspective d’une échéance relativement éloignée.".
Zero misspellings are on record for à long terme in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is à long terme, spelled À- -L-O-N-G- -T-E-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1Situé dans la perspective d’une échéance relativement éloignée.
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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 long terme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is À- -L-O-N-G- -T-E-R-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a lɔ̃ 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.