au reste
\ɔ ʁɛst\
The verdict
“au reste” 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) - Au surplus ; d’ailleurs ; cependant ; malgré cela.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-reste · au reste · French
au reste · 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 reste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɔ ʁɛst\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
au reste is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɔ ʁɛst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Au surplus ; d’ailleurs ; cependant ; malgré cela.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for au reste in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is au reste, spelled A-U- -R-E-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Au surplus ; d’ailleurs ; cependant ; malgré cela.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au reste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au reste la prétention de la tribu bordjiguine de se rattacher aux Turcs ne devait pas être dépourvue de tout fondement réel. Elle était leur voisine immédiate à l'Est, peu éloignée de leur campement principal, sur la rive de l'Orkhone.
D’ailleurs, de tous nos généraux, Wimpffen reste le seul à parler encore d’une percée vers l’est. Au reste, même à ses yeux, ce n’est plus désormais qu’une solution de désespoir, un moyen de sauver, sinon l’armée, du moins son honneur.
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.