tout d’un temps
The verdict
“tout d’un temps” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Immédiatement, sans délai, sans plus attendre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tout-d-un-temps · tout d’un temps · French
tout d’un temps · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tout d’un temps |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tout d’un temps » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tout d’un temps is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Immédiatement, sans délai, sans plus attendre.".
tout d’un temps has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tout d’un temps, spelled T-O-U-T- -D-’-U-N- -T-E-M-P-S.
Definition
- 1Immédiatement, sans délai, sans plus attendre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tout d’un temps appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je ne m'arrêterai nulle part , et je reviendrai le plus tôt que je pourrai ; mais tout d'un temps donnez-moi vos commissions afin qu'il ne faille pas sortir si souvent.
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.