dans peu
\dɑ̃ pø\
The verdict
“dans 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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans peu de temps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dans-peu · dans peu · French
dans peu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | dans peu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \dɑ̃ pø\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dans peu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dans peu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \dɑ̃ pø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans peu de temps.".
dans peu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 dans peu, spelled D-A-N-S- -P-E-U.
Definition
- 1Dans peu de temps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dans peu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avant peu vous aurez de mes nouvelles.
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.