au premier abord
\o pʁə.mje.ʁ‿a.bɔʁ\
The verdict
“au premier abord” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lors du premier contact (avec quelqu’un).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | au premier abord |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \o pʁə.mje.ʁ‿a.bɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “au premier abord” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for au premier abord is 16 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \o pʁə.mje.ʁ‿a.bɔʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
au premier abord has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is au premier abord, spelled A-U- -P-R-E-M-I-E-R- -A-B-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1Lors du premier contact (avec quelqu’un).
- 2Dès le premier instant ; sur le champ ; sans analyse poussée, superficiellement.
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.
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Using “au premier abord”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-U- -P-R-E-M-I-E-R- -A-B-O-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \o pʁə.mje.ʁ‿a.bɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.