à un moment donné
\a œ̃ mo.mɑ̃ dɔ.ne\
The verdict
“à un moment donné” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - À un certain moment (indéterminé).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à un moment donné |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a œ̃ mo.mɑ̃ dɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “à un moment donné” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for à un moment donné is 17 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a œ̃ mo.mɑ̃ dɔ.ne\. 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: "À un certain moment (indéterminé).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for à un moment donné, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is à un moment donné, spelled À- -U-N- -M-O-M-E-N-T- -D-O-N-N-É.
Definition
- 1À un certain moment (indéterminé).
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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 un moment donné”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is À- -U-N- -M-O-M-E-N-T- -D-O-N-N-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a œ̃ mo.mɑ̃ dɔ.ne\ (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.