au cœur de
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | au cœur de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « au cœur de » en français
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
- 1Exactement dans, en plein dans.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au cœur de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour tous ces élus siégeant en plus au cœur même des parlements qui doivent gérer une crise pandémique planétaire, le phénomène est hallucinant.
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.