au même instant
\o mɛ.m‿ɛ̃s.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“au même instant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Durant ce même moment, ce même instant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-meme-instant · au même instant · French
au même instant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | au même instant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \o mɛ.m‿ɛ̃s.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « au même instant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
au même instant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \o mɛ.m‿ɛ̃s.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Durant ce même moment, ce même instant.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for au même instant, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 au même instant, spelled A-U- -M-Ê-M-E- -I-N-S-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Durant ce même moment, ce même instant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how au même instant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Puis, tout à coup, nous découvrîmes que nous étions au bord d'une pente raide, au même instant le soleil surgit, alors que le temps avait été couvert depuis le début de notre descente dans la noire vallée.
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.