temps de Planck

\tɑ̃ də plɑ̃k\

/\tɑ̃ də plɑ̃k\/ noun

The verdict

“temps de Planck” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Temps (théorique) qu'il faudrait à un photon dans le vide pour parcourir une distance égale à la longueur de Planck. Ce temps vaut environ 5.391×10⁻⁴⁴ s.

Key facts for temps de Planck
PropertyValue
Headwordtemps de Planck
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɑ̃ də plɑ̃k\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “temps de Planck” sits in French frequency

temps de Planck falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for temps de Planck is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɑ̃ də plɑ̃k\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for temps de Planck in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is temps de Planck, spelled T-E-M-P-S- -D-E- -P-L-A-N-C-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Temps (théorique) qu'il faudrait à un photon dans le vide pour parcourir une distance égale à la longueur de Planck. Ce temps vaut environ 5.391×10⁻⁴⁴ s.
  2. 2
    Plus petite durée pour laquelle les théories scientifiques actuelles ont un sens.

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How do you spell "temps de Planck"?
"temps de Planck" is spelled T-E-M-P-S- -D-E- -P-L-A-N-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is \tɑ̃ də plɑ̃k\.
What does "temps de Planck" mean?
As a noun, "temps de Planck" means: Temps (théorique) qu'il faudrait à un photon dans le vide pour parcourir une distance égale à la longueur de Planck. Ce temps vaut environ 5.391×10⁻⁴⁴ s.
How do you pronounce "temps de Planck"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "temps de Planck" is \tɑ̃ də plɑ̃k\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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  • The one correct French spelling is T-E-M-P-S- -D-E- -P-L-A-N-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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