aide-mémoire
/ˌeɪd.mɛmˈwɑː/
"aide-memoire" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aide-mémoire” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A memory aid; a reminder or memorandum, especially a book or document serving this purpose.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aide-memoire · aide-mémoire · English
aide-mémoire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | aide-mémoire |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌeɪd.mɛmˈwɑː/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “aide-mémoire” in English
Rare enough to double-check
aide-mémoire is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌeɪd.mɛmˈwɑː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
aide-mémoire has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from French aide-mémoire (literally “memory aid”). The correct English form is aide-mémoire, spelled A-I-D-E---M-É-M-O-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1A memory aid; a reminder or memorandum, especially a book or document serving this purpose.
- 2A document circulated in a meeting or summit for discussion purposes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aide-mémoire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In August, Finance Minister Larry Howai signed an aide-mémoire with the IDB for the bank to provide funding and expertise to the government to develop its Public/Private Sector Partnership Programme (PPP).
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French aide-mémoire (literally “memory aid”).
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.