aubade
/əʊˈbɑːd/
"aubade" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aubade” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aubade |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əʊˈbɑːd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aubade” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for aubade is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əʊˈbɑːd/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
aubade has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: PIE word *albʰós Borrowed from French aubade, from Old French albade, from Old Spanish albada (“musical or poetic composition to be performed in the morning”), from alba (“dawn”), from Vulgar Latin *alba (“dawn; sunrise”), from Latin albus (“bright, clear;… The correct English form is aubade, spelled A-U-B-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.
- 2A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.
- 3A concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors.
Etymology
PIE word *albʰós Borrowed from French aubade, from Old French albade, from Old Spanish albada (“musical or poetic composition to be performed in the morning”), from alba (“dawn”), from Vulgar Latin *alba (“dawn; sunrise”), from Latin albus (“bright, clear; white”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”).
This word in other languages
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.
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- The one correct English spelling is A-U-B-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.