Aarau

\ɑ.ʁo\

/\ɑ.ʁo\/ name

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The verdict

“Aarau” is uncommon French (frequency #80,819 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,819
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville du canton d’Argovie en Suisse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aarau · Aarau · French

Aarau · rank #80,819 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,819
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aap

Nearest frequency peer: aap (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Aarau »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Aarau » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Aarau
PropertyValue
HeadwordAarau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɑ.ʁo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#80,819
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Aarau » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Aarautombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « aap » (#80,818), « 6G » (#80,817), « abasourdis » (#80,821). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Aarau » est au #80,819. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Aarau is uncommon French at frequency #80,819 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɑ.ʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Aarau, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Aarau, spelled A-A-R-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville du canton d’Argovie en Suisse.
  2. 2
    District autour de cette ville.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les Taignonnes se sont imposées 3-0 samedi à Aarau pour s’offrir une 8e victoire en autant de matches de Ligue B cette saison.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Aarau"?
"Aarau" is spelled A-A-R-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ.ʁo\.
What does "Aarau" mean?
As a proper noun, "Aarau" means: Ville du canton d’Argovie en Suisse.
How do you pronounce "Aarau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Aarau" is \ɑ.ʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Aarau" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Aarau", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list