au reste

\ɔ ʁɛst\

/\ɔ ʁɛst\/ adv

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.

Key facts for au reste
PropertyValue
Headwordau reste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ɔ ʁɛst\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « au reste » en français

au restereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Au surplus ; d’ailleurs ; cependant ; malgré cela.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how au reste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "au reste"?
"au reste" is spelled A-U- -R-E-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ ʁɛst\.
What does "au reste" mean?
As an adverb, "au reste" means: Au surplus ; d’ailleurs ; cependant ; malgré cela.
How do you pronounce "au reste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "au reste" is \ɔ ʁɛst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "au reste" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list