außer
\ˈaʊ.sɐ\
The verdict
“außer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hors, à l’extérieur de.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-er · außer · French
außer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | außer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \ˈaʊ.sɐ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « außer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
außer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \ˈaʊ.sɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for außer in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is außer, spelled A-U-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Hors, à l’extérieur de.
- 2Sauf.
- 3À part
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how außer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Außer Betrieb.
Ich bin zurzeit außer Hause.
Synonyms
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.