d’ici à peu
\d‿i.si a pø\
The verdict
“d’ici à peu” 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) - Avant un bref moment.
Corpus desk
Index FR-d-ici-a-peu · d’ici à peu · French
d’ici à peu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | d’ici à peu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \d‿i.si a pø\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « d’ici à peu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
d’ici à peu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \d‿i.si a pø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avant un bref moment.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for d’ici à peu in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is d’ici à peu, spelled D-’-I-C-I- -À- -P-E-U.
Definition
- 1Avant un bref moment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how d’ici à peu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Je pense d’ici à peu, continua Lampourde, pouvoir te procurer du travail, car tu n’es pas paresseux à la besogne, et tu as bientôt fait de retrousser ta manche lorsqu’il s’agit de détacher une estocade ou de tirer un coup de pistolet.
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.