au mieux
\o mjø\
The verdict
“au mieux” 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) - Du mieux qu'on le puisse, du mieux qu'il soit possible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-mieux · au mieux · French
au mieux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 mieux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \o mjø\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
au mieux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \o mjø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for au mieux, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is au mieux, spelled A-U- -M-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Du mieux qu'on le puisse, du mieux qu'il soit possible.
- 2Dans le meilleur des cas ; pour le mieux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au mieux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Faire quelque chose au mieux.
Elles deux ne pouvaient passer pour des aristocrates ; au mieux pouvait-on les prendre pour des hoberelles d'une lointaine province.
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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.