au sujet de
\o sy.ʒɛ də\
The verdict
“au sujet 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) - À propos de ; en ce qui concerne ; quant à.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-sujet-de · au sujet de · French
au sujet de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 sujet de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \o sy.ʒɛ də\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « au sujet de » en français
Rare enough to double-check
au sujet de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \o sy.ʒɛ də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À propos de ; en ce qui concerne ; quant à.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for au sujet de 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is au sujet de, spelled A-U- -S-U-J-E-T- -D-E.
Definition
- 1À propos de ; en ce qui concerne ; quant à.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au sujet de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelques polémiques se sont élevées au sujet de l’existence d’une race de chèvre aborigène en Belgique.
J'eus envie de demander où était mon erreur, mais il était clair que mon chef ne tolérait pas les questions, comme l'avait prouvé sa réaction à mon investigation au sujet du destinataire.
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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.