en moins de deux
\ɑ̃ mwɛ̃ də dø\
The verdict
“en moins de deux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avant l’échéance précisée par la durée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-moins-de-deux · en moins de deux · French
en moins de deux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 moins de deux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ mwɛ̃ də dø\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « en moins de deux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en moins de deux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɑ̃ mwɛ̃ də dø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for en moins de deux, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is en moins de deux, spelled E-N- -M-O-I-N-S- -D-E- -D-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Avant l’échéance précisée par la durée.
- 2Très rapidement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en moins de deux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] on les abrite du soleil, et on les arrose légèrement deux ou trois fois par semaine ; par cette méthode, elles auront produit des racines en moins de deux mois.
Et en moins de deux, retournant sa chemise, il est passé de l’anarchiste féroce à l’aristocrate dédaigneux.
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.