depuis peu
\də.pɥi pø\
The verdict
“depuis peu” 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Il y a peu de temps ; récemment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | depuis peu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də.pɥi pø\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “depuis peu” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for depuis peu is 10 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \də.pɥi pø\. 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: "Il y a peu de temps ; récemment.".
depuis peu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is depuis peu, spelled D-E-P-U-I-S- -P-E-U.
Definition
- 1Il y a peu de temps ; récemment.
Antonyms
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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Using “depuis peu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E-P-U-I-S- -P-E-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \də.pɥi pø\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.