de moment en moment
\də mo.mɑ̃ ɑ̃ mo.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“de moment en moment” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De temps à autre, de temps en temps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-moment-en-moment · de moment en moment · French
de moment en moment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | 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) |
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Rare enough to double-check
de moment en moment is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də mo.mɑ̃ ɑ̃ mo.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how de moment en moment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De moment en moment, elle venait se reposer chez le docteur de la Barbinais de la fatigue de plus en plus exquise que lui donnait l’effort non pas de vivre, mais de regarder les autres vivre.
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.