de plein saut

adv

The verdict

“de plein saut” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’un seul élan ; d’un seul bond.

Corpus desk

Index FR-de-plein-saut · de plein saut · French

de plein saut · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for de plein saut
PropertyValue
Headwordde plein saut
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « de plein saut » en français

de plein sautn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

de plein saut is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for de plein saut in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 plein saut, spelled D-E- -P-L-E-I-N- -S-A-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’un seul élan ; d’un seul bond.
  2. 2
    Tout à coup ; directement ; sans intermédiaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how de plein saut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Transportons de plein saut, sans préface, sans préambule, ceux de nos lecteurs qui ne craindront pas de faire, avec nous, une enjambée de trois siècles dans le passé, en présence des hommes que nous avons à leur faire connaître, et au milieu des événements auxquels nous allons les faire assister.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "de plein saut"?
"de plein saut" is spelled D-E- -P-L-E-I-N- -S-A-U-T.
What does "de plein saut" mean?
As an adverb, "de plein saut" means: D’un seul élan ; d’un seul bond.
What language does "de plein saut" come from?
"de plein saut" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list