aud
/əʊd/adjective, noun
aud is spelled A-U-D: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, aud means “Alternative form of auld” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in aud?
| Letters | 3: A-U-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,536th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is aud?
Aud appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce aud?
- UK /əʊd/
As a noun (“Clipping of audience”): /ɔːd/.
Aud has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with aud
Also written: auld.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with aud?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as aud from its last stressed vowel (/əʊd/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dua, dau.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of aud
- auds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aud mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of auld.
noun
- 1
Initialism of alcohol use disorder.
noun
- 1
colloquialClipping of audience.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).