aout

\u(t)\

/\u(t)\/ noun

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The verdict

“aout” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #10,822) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#10,822
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Huitième mois de l’année du calendrier grégorien, constitué de 31 jours.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aout · aout · French

aout · rank #10,822 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,822
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH anonymat

Nearest frequency peer: anonymat (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “aout”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “aout” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

aout vs au
50% similar
aout vs at
50% similar
aout vs aux
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for aout
PropertyValue
Headwordaout
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\u(t)\
Letters4
Frequency rank#10,822
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “aout” se place dans la fréquence du français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.aoutse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « anonymat » (#10,821), « allongé » (#10,820), « approfondir » (#10,824). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for aout is neighbouring look-alikes ("au", "at", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \u(t)\. Frequency #10,822 among 6,727 “A” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for aout, with forms such as "aotu", "aoutt", and "oaut". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "au", "at", "aux", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is aout, spelled A-O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Huitième mois de l’année du calendrier grégorien, constitué de 31 jours.
  2. 2
    Moissons.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le huit aout.
  2. Il est temps de faire l’aout.

This word in other languages

August(English)agosto(Español)August(Deutsch)Agosto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aotu
  • aoutt
  • oaut

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aout - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aotu2aoutt1oaut2
Edit distance from "aout"

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 "aout"?
"aout" is spelled A-O-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is \u(t)\.
What does "aout" mean?
As a noun, "aout" means: Huitième mois de l’année du calendrier grégorien, constitué de 31 jours.
What words are commonly confused with "aout"?
"aout" is commonly confused with "au", "at", "aux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aout"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aout" is \u(t)\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aout" come from?
"aout" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ahah#10,818abou#10,813unir#10,802tord#10,800

What to do next

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  • "aout" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "au". View pair
  • 3 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #10,822 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list