au demeurant
\o də.mœ.ʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“au demeurant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - Au reste, pour le reste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-demeurant · au demeurant · French
au demeurant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 demeurant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \o də.mœ.ʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
au demeurant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \o də.mœ.ʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Au reste, pour le reste.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for au demeurant, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is au demeurant, spelled A-U- -D-E-M-E-U-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Au reste, pour le reste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au demeurant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au demeurant, s’il n’y avait eu en elle cette méchanceté native et permanente, elle eût été intelligente.
Au demeurant, sur ce thème, son humeur était variable : être une espèce de rastaquouère, porter un nom à coucher dehors avec un billet de logement, bref être irrémédiablement différent ne le tourmentait pas en permanence ; au contraire, parfois, ça l'amusait.
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.