à l’aune de
\a l‿on də\
The verdict
“à l’aune de” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En considération de ; en mesurant par rapport à ; à la mesure de ; à la lumière de.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à l’aune de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \a l‿on də\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “à l’aune de” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
à l’aune de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \a l‿on də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En considération de ; en mesurant par rapport à ; à la mesure de ; à la lumière de.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for à l’aune de, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is à l’aune de, spelled À- -L-’-A-U-N-E- -D-E.
Definition
- 1En considération de ; en mesurant par rapport à ; à la mesure de ; à la lumière de.
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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Using “à l’aune de”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is À- -L-’-A-U-N-E- -D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a l‿on də\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.