de moment en moment
\də mo.mɑ̃ ɑ̃ mo.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“de moment en moment” 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
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De temps à autre, de temps en temps.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | de moment en moment |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də mo.mɑ̃ ɑ̃ mo.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “de moment en moment” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for de moment en moment is 19 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \də mo.mɑ̃ ɑ̃ mo.mɑ̃\. 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: "De temps à autre, de temps en temps.".
de moment en moment has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented 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 de moment en moment, spelled D-E- -M-O-M-E-N-T- -E-N- -M-O-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1De temps à autre, de temps en temps.
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E- -M-O-M-E-N-T- -E-N- -M-O-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.