au plus vite
\o ply vit\
The verdict
“au plus vite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le plus rapidement possible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-plus-vite · au plus vite · French
au plus vite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 vite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \o ply vit\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « au plus vite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
au plus vite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \o ply vit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Le plus rapidement possible.".
Zero misspellings are on record for au plus vite in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is au plus vite, spelled A-U- -P-L-U-S- -V-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Le plus rapidement possible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au plus vite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Se défaire d’une chose au plus vite.
Il s’agissait désormais de trouver au plus vite un navire en partance pour l’Europe.
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.