à proximité de

\a pʁɔk.si.mi.te də\

/\a pʁɔk.si.mi.te də\/ prep

The verdict

“à proximité 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
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au côté de, auprès de.

Corpus desk

Index FR-a-proximite-de · à proximité de · French

à proximité de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "À" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for à proximité de
PropertyValue
Headwordà proximité de
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPreposition
IPA\a pʁɔk.si.mi.te də\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « à proximité de » en français

à proximité dereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

à proximité de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \a pʁɔk.si.mi.te də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Au côté de, auprès de.".

No misspelling variants are generated for à proximité de in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is à proximité de, spelled À- -P-R-O-X-I-M-I-T-É- -D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Au côté de, auprès de.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how à proximité de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Enfin, il avait fait creuser une dizaine de puits à proximité du campement, qui permettaient aux quelque trois mille détenus de se fournir en eau potable sans avoir à courir jusqu’à la rivière.
  2. À Sétif (300 km au sud-est d’Alger), deux personnes ont été mortellement asphyxiées dans leur domicile par les fumées provenant d’un incendie qui s’est déclenché à proximité de leur village.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "à proximité de"?
"à proximité de" is spelled À- -P-R-O-X-I-M-I-T-É- -D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a pʁɔk.si.mi.te də\.
What does "à proximité de" mean?
As a preposition, "à proximité de" means: Au côté de, auprès de.
How do you pronounce "à proximité de"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "à proximité de" is \a pʁɔk.si.mi.te də\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "à proximité de" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list