au jus
/oʊ ʒu(s)/
"au-jus" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“au jus” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prepared or served in or with gravy made from its own juices.
Corpus desk
Index EN-au-jus · au jus · English
au jus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | au jus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| IPA | /oʊ ʒu(s)/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “au jus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
au jus is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase, transcribed /oʊ ʒu(s)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prepared or served in or with gravy made from its own juices.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for au jus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from French au jus (“in the juice”). The correct English form is au jus, spelled A-U- -J-U-S.
Definition
- 1Prepared or served in or with gravy made from its own juices.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how au jus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
roast beef au jus
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French au jus (“in the juice”).
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.