au-dedans de
\o də.dɑ̃ də\
The verdict
“au-dedans 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
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dedans, au sein de, à l’intérieur de.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-dedans-de · au-dedans de · French
au-dedans de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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-dedans de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \o də.dɑ̃ də\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « au-dedans de » en français
Rare enough to double-check
au-dedans de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \o də.dɑ̃ də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dedans, au sein de, à l’intérieur de.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for au-dedans de, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is au-dedans de, spelled A-U---D-E-D-A-N-S- -D-E.
Definition
- 1Dedans, au sein de, à l’intérieur de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au-dedans de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’alla pas non plus de leur côté, parce qu’il sentait bouillonner au-dedans de lui un trop-plein de rage et d’appréhension, et qu’il éprouvait le besoin de tirer sur ces deux hommes.
Au-dedans d’elle, un abîme et une fête, l’affolement et l’exultation à la fois, cela fait un mélange absurde, une sorte de danse joyeuse à l’instant de replonger en enfer.
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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.