il est grand temps
\i.l‿ɛ ɡʁɑ̃ tɑ̃\
The verdict
“il est grand temps” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Il est urgent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-il-est-grand-temps · il est grand temps · French
il est grand temps · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | il est grand temps |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | \i.l‿ɛ ɡʁɑ̃ tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « il est grand temps » en français
Rare enough to double-check
il est grand temps is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed \i.l‿ɛ ɡʁɑ̃ tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Il est urgent.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for il est grand temps in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is il est grand temps, spelled I-L- -E-S-T- -G-R-A-N-D- -T-E-M-P-S.
Definition
- 1Il est urgent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how il est grand temps appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Malheureux Français, connaissez-vous d’abord et commencez donc par balayer devant votre porte. Il en est, hélas ! grand temps.
This word in other languages
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.