en despi
\ɑ̃ də.spi\
The verdict
“en despi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rapidement, vite
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-despi · en despi · French
en despi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | en despi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ də.spi\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « en despi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en despi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɑ̃ də.spi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rapidement, vite".
Zero misspellings are on record for en despi in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 en despi, spelled E-N- -D-E-S-P-I.
Definition
- 1Rapidement, vite
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how en despi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pressé, il a réalisé le travail en despi.
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.