au vrai
\o vʁɛ\
The verdict
“au vrai” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Selon le vrai, conformément à la vérité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-vrai · au vrai · French
au vrai · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 vrai |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \o vʁɛ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « au vrai » en français
Rare enough to double-check
au vrai is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \o vʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Selon le vrai, conformément à la vérité.".
au vrai has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is au vrai, spelled A-U- -V-R-A-I.
Definition
- 1Selon le vrai, conformément à la vérité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au vrai appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je n’avais pour instruction que de constater la situation au vrai de ces populations mal connues et d’en faire, à mon retour, un exposé succinct et fidèle
Au vrai, c’est généralement une brute ignorante et bouchée.
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.