au plus tôt
\o ply to\
The verdict
“au plus tôt” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - Dès que possible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-plus-tot · au plus tôt · French
au plus tôt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 plus tôt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \o ply to\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « au plus tôt » en français
Rare enough to double-check
au plus tôt is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \o ply to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dès que possible.".
Zero misspellings are on record for au plus tôt in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is au plus tôt, spelled A-U- -P-L-U-S- -T-Ô-T.
Definition
- 1Dès que possible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how au plus tôt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On fit à New York les préparatifs d’une expédition destinée à poursuivre le narwal. Une frégate de grande marche, l’Abraham-Lincoln, se mit en mesure de prendre la mer au plus tôt.
Antonyms
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.