depuis longtemps
\də.pɥi lɔ̃.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“depuis longtemps” 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
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cela fait un long moment ; il y a longtemps.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | depuis longtemps |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də.pɥi lɔ̃.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “depuis longtemps” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for depuis longtemps is 16 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \də.pɥi lɔ̃.tɑ̃\. 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: "Cela fait un long moment ; il y a longtemps.".
Zero misspellings are on record for depuis longtemps in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is depuis longtemps, spelled D-E-P-U-I-S- -L-O-N-G-T-E-M-P-S.
Definition
- 1Cela fait un long moment ; il y a longtemps.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E-P-U-I-S- -L-O-N-G-T-E-M-P-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.