au juger
\o ʒy.ʒe\
The verdict
“au juger” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Approximativement ; en suivant son intuition.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-juger · au juger · French
au juger · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 juger |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \o ʒy.ʒe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « au juger » en français
Rare enough to double-check
au juger is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \o ʒy.ʒe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Approximativement ; en suivant son intuition.".
au juger doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is au juger, spelled A-U- -J-U-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Approximativement ; en suivant son intuition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how au juger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ravi, vous laisserez tomber deux francs dans la soucoupe de « Beauté et Vérité » que le secrétaire aveugle passe au juger dans la foule à la fin du spectacle, alors que vous pensiez vous en tirer pour dix sous. Ce sera de grand cœur.
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.