au vu de
\o vy də\
The verdict
“au vu 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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Compte tenu et après examen de, si l’on considère, étant donné.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-vu-de · au vu de · French
au vu de · 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 vu de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \o vy də\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « au vu de » en français
Rare enough to double-check
au vu de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \o vy də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Compte tenu et après examen de, si l’on considère, étant donné.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for au vu de, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is au vu de, spelled A-U- -V-U- -D-E.
Definition
- 1Compte tenu et après examen de, si l’on considère, étant donné.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au vu de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au vu des très bonnes performances de ce sportif, on peut se demander s’il ne s’est pas dopé.
Bref, au vu des exigences de la direction brugeoise, ce sera dur pour Deila.
Synonyms
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.