au revoir
/ˌəʊ.ɹə ˈvwɑː/
"au-revoir" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“au revoir” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Goodbye; till we meet again.
Corpus desk
Index EN-au-revoir · au revoir · English
au revoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 revoir |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˌəʊ.ɹə ˈvwɑː/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “au revoir” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
au revoir is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /ˌəʊ.ɹə ˈvwɑː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Goodbye; till we meet again.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for au revoir, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from French au revoir, with relatively formal but otherwise identical meaning, possibly due to the cumbersome nature of formal English equivalents. The correct English form is au revoir, spelled A-U- -R-E-V-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Goodbye; till we meet again.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au revoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2000 January 22, Philipp Goedicke, Carl Kasell (announcer), “Listener Limerick Challenge”, Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, National Public Radio Though about it the South used to brag / I’m afraid it’s become such a drag / We should say au revoir / To the old stars and bars
2001 November 23, Jack Hassell, “Au Revoir!”, Object Management Group, mail archive, www.omg.org https://web.archive.org/web/20050123185851/http://www.omg.org/archives/dtc/msg03667.html After about 40++ TC meetings and over seven years, it's time to say "au revoir" - at least for now.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French au revoir, with relatively formal but otherwise identical meaning, possibly due to the cumbersome nature of formal English equivalents.
This word in other languages
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