à temps plein
\a tɑ̃ plɛ̃\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à temps plein |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a tɑ̃ plɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à temps plein » en français
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
- 1Variante de à plein temps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à temps plein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En Allemagne, la durée moyenne d’un salarié à temps plein est passée de 1663 à 1682 heures annuelles entre 2003 et 2006.
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.