à ras de
\a ʁa də\
The verdict
“à ras 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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au côté de, auprès de.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-ras-de · à ras de · French
à ras de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à ras de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \a ʁa də\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à ras de » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à ras de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \a ʁa də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Au côté de, auprès de.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for à ras de, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is à ras de, spelled À- -R-A-S- -D-E.
Definition
- 1Au côté de, auprès de.
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.