dans les plus brefs délais
\dɑ̃ le ply bʁɛf de.lɛ\
The verdict
“dans les plus brefs délais” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Le plus vite qu’il sera possible.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dans les plus brefs délais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \dɑ̃ le ply bʁɛf de.lɛ\ |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dans les plus brefs délais” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dans les plus brefs délais is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \dɑ̃ le ply bʁɛf de.lɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Le plus vite qu’il sera possible.".
Zero misspellings are on record for dans les plus brefs délais in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is dans les plus brefs délais, spelled D-A-N-S- -L-E-S- -P-L-U-S- -B-R-E-F-S- -D-É-L-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Le plus vite qu’il sera possible.
This word in other languages
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 “dans les plus brefs délais”
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- The one correct French spelling is D-A-N-S- -L-E-S- -P-L-U-S- -B-R-E-F-S- -D-É-L-A-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɑ̃ le ply bʁɛf de.lɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.