à temps plein

\a tɑ̃ plɛ̃\

/\a tɑ̃ plɛ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“à temps plein” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - Variante de à plein temps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-a-temps-plein · à temps plein · French

à temps plein · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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 temps plein
PropertyValue
Headwordà temps plein
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\a tɑ̃ plɛ̃\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « à temps plein » en français

à temps pleinn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

à temps plein is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a tɑ̃ plɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de à plein temps.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for à temps plein, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 temps plein, spelled À- -T-E-M-P-S- -P-L-E-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de à plein temps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how à temps plein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En Allemagne, la durée moyenne d’un salarié à temps plein est passée de 1663 à 1682 heures annuelles entre 2003 et 2006.
  2. Un ranch pratiquant le naissage aura besoin d’un homme à temps plein pour 400-500 têtes en raison des soins à donner aux veaux à la naissance.

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 temps plein"?
"à temps plein" is spelled À- -T-E-M-P-S- -P-L-E-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a tɑ̃ plɛ̃\.
What does "à temps plein" mean?
As an adverb, "à temps plein" means: Variante de à plein temps.
How do you pronounce "à temps plein"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "à temps plein" is \a tɑ̃ plɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "à temps plein" come from?
"à temps plein" 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