plus tôt
\ply to\
The verdict
“plus tôt” 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) - Auparavant, dans un moment antérieur, dans un temps plus court.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plus-tot · plus tôt · French
plus tôt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | plus tôt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ply to\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « plus tôt » en français
Rare enough to double-check
plus tôt is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ply to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Auparavant, dans un moment antérieur, dans un temps plus court.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for plus tôt, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is plus tôt, spelled P-L-U-S- -T-Ô-T.
Definition
- 1Auparavant, dans un moment antérieur, dans un temps plus court.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how plus tôt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je choisis de faire le portrait de Gitou parce que, comme il est tout petit, ce sera plus tôt fait.
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.