d’ici longtemps
\d‿i.si lɔ̃.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“d’ici longtemps” 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) - Avant un long moment. — Note d’usage : Il est surtout utilisé dans une phrase négative au futur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-d-ici-longtemps · d’ici longtemps · French
d’ici longtemps · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 longtemps |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \d‿i.si lɔ̃.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « d’ici longtemps » en français
Rare enough to double-check
d’ici longtemps is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \d‿i.si lɔ̃.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avant un long moment. — Note d’usage : Il est surtout utilisé dans une phrase négative au futur.".
d’ici longtemps doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is d’ici longtemps, spelled D-’-I-C-I- -L-O-N-G-T-E-M-P-S.
Definition
- 1Avant un long moment. — Note d’usage : Il est surtout utilisé dans une phrase négative au futur.
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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.