# audio

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɔː.di.əʊ/ · frequency rank #3,147

## Definitions
1. Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.

## Etymology
Clipping of audio-. Cognates include Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “perceive, notice”) whence English aesthetic.

## Easily confused with
- **auto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/audio-vs-auto)
- **audit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/audio-vs-audit)
- **audits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/audio-vs-audits)
- **auditor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/audio-vs-auditor)
- **ado** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-audio)
- **aud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aud-vs-audio)
- **Audi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/audi-vs-audio)
- **Aldo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aldo-vs-audio)
- **Ando** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ando-vs-audio)
- **Addis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/addis-vs-audio)
- **Addie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/addie-vs-audio)

## Common misspellings (5)
`aduio`, `auddio`, `audoi`, `auido`, `uadio`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/audio