au moyen de
\o mwa.jɛ̃ də\
The verdict
“au moyen de” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Par le moyen, le truchement de ; à l’aide de.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-moyen-de · au moyen de · French
au moyen de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 moyen de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \o mwa.jɛ̃ də\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « au moyen de » en français
Rare enough to double-check
au moyen de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \o mwa.jɛ̃ də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Par le moyen, le truchement de ; à l’aide de.".
Zero misspellings are on record for au moyen de in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 moyen de, spelled A-U- -M-O-Y-E-N- -D-E.
Definition
- 1Par le moyen, le truchement de ; à l’aide de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au moyen de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…], car il était aisé à la garnison de garder les bords de l’Aude, au moyen de la grande barbacane […] qui permettait de faire des sorties avec des forces imposantes et de culbuter les assiégeants dans le fleuve.
Ce caractère de nécessité historique donne au mouvement antipatriotique actuel une force qu’on chercherait vainement à dissimuler au moyen de sophismes.
This word in other languages
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.