au cœur de

adv

The verdict

“au cœur de” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exactement dans, en plein dans.

Corpus desk

Index FR-au-c-ur-de · au cœur de · French

au cœur de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" 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 au cœur de
PropertyValue
Headwordau cœur de
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « au cœur de » en français

au cœur den'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

au cœur de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Exactement dans, en plein dans.".

au cœur de doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is au cœur de, spelled A-U- -C-Œ-U-R- -D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Exactement dans, en plein dans.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour tous ces élus siégeant en plus au cœur même des parlements qui doivent gérer une crise pandémique planétaire, le phénomène est hallucinant.
  2. Bien plus tard, au cœur de la nuit, il retrouva Ahiga, pelotonné dans un sarape de laine.

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 "au cœur de"?
"au cœur de" is spelled A-U- -C-Œ-U-R- -D-E.
What does "au cœur de" mean?
As an adverb, "au cœur de" means: Exactement dans, en plein dans.
What language does "au cœur de" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list