au-delà
\o.də.la\
The verdict
“au-delà” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plus loin que. Un peu plus loin, de l'autre côté (par rapport à un point, un lieu exprimé), à l'extérieur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-dela · au-delà · French
au-delà · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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-delà |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \o.də.la\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
au-delà is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \o.də.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for au-delà in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is au-delà, spelled A-U---D-E-L-À.
Definition
- 1Plus loin que. Un peu plus loin, de l'autre côté (par rapport à un point, un lieu exprimé), à l'extérieur.
- 2Indique ce qui dépasse un seuil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au-delà appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette supposition n’a rien d’improbable, car les vues ambitieuses des rois francs n’allaient guère au-delà de la perspective d’un gain immédiat et personnel; […].
Hormis quelques scènes isolées, mes premiers souvenirs ne remontent guère au-delà de 1910 et à notre jardin de Sanvic, près du Havre, si grand à mes yeux d'enfant, agrémenté d'une pelouse encadrée de rhododendrons.
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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.