auberge
"auberge" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“auberge” is an uncommon English word, ranked #78,377 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #78,377
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An inn or hostel.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | auberge |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,377 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “auberge” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for auberge is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #78,377 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An inn or hostel.".
No misspelling variants are generated for auberge in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French auberge. The term is attested in the fifteenth century as auberge, a loan from a term attested in eleventh century Old Occitan alberga (“camp, hut”), derived from albergar (“to host”). The term originated in Frankish *harjabergu, compos… The correct English form is auberge, spelled A-U-B-E-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1An inn or hostel.
Etymology
Borrowed from French auberge. The term is attested in the fifteenth century as auberge, a loan from a term attested in eleventh century Old Occitan alberga (“camp, hut”), derived from albergar (“to host”). The term originated in Frankish *harjabergu, composed of the elements *harjaz (“army”) (compare German Heer) and *berganą (“to shelter, to protect”), whence German bergen. Doublet of albergo and harbor.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “auberge”
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- The one correct English spelling is A-U-B-E-R-G-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.