au monde
\o mɔ̃d\
The verdict
“au monde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Groupe prépositionnel qui renforce un superlatif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-monde · au monde · French
au monde · 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 monde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \o mɔ̃d\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “au monde” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
au monde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \o mɔ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Groupe prépositionnel qui renforce un superlatif.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for au monde in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is au monde, spelled A-U- -M-O-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Groupe prépositionnel qui renforce un superlatif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au monde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Abraham avait déjà inhumé l’un de ses frères auparavant, et aussi tous ses proches, ses femmes et ses enfants. Sa propre chair. Et il n’existait rien de pire au monde.
La plus belle ville au monde.
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