à plus tard

\a ply taʁ\

/\a ply taʁ\/ intj

The verdict

“à plus tard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. 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) - Interjection employée à la fin d’une rencontre, d’un dialogue, d’une conversation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-a-plus-tard · à plus tard · French

à plus tard · 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.

Key facts for à plus tard
PropertyValue
Headwordà plus tard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\a ply taʁ\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « à plus tard » en français

à plus tardsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

à plus tard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \a ply taʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Interjection employée à la fin d’une rencontre, d’un dialogue, d’une conversation.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for à plus tard, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is à plus tard, spelled À- -P-L-U-S- -T-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interjection employée à la fin d’une rencontre, d’un dialogue, d’une conversation.

Synonyms

à plusà la prochaine fois

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "à plus tard"?
"à plus tard" is spelled À- -P-L-U-S- -T-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \a ply taʁ\.
What does "à plus tard" mean?
As an interjection, "à plus tard" means: Interjection employée à la fin d’une rencontre, d’un dialogue, d’une conversation.
How do you pronounce "à plus tard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "à plus tard" is \a ply taʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "à plus tard" come from?
"à plus tard" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list