au plus vite
\o ply vit\
The verdict
“au plus vite” 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
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Le plus rapidement possible.
| 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) |
Where “au plus vite” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for au plus vite is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \o ply vit\. 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: "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.
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 “au plus vite”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-U- -P-L-U-S- -V-I-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \o ply vit\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.