aubain
\o.bɛ̃\
The verdict
“aubain” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étranger qui n’était pas naturalisé, et qui était privé du droit de tester et d’hériter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aubain · aubain · French
aubain · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | aubain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o.bɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aubain » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aubain is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \o.bɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for aubain in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is aubain, spelled A-U-B-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Étranger qui n’était pas naturalisé, et qui était privé du droit de tester et d’hériter.
- 2Étranger.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aubain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Soucieux de favoriser la prospérité économique de ce grand port, le roi Louis XI accorda de nombreux privilèges à tous les étrangers qui viendraient s’y établir (1474) […] Mais ces étrangers n’étaient considérés que comme aubains et le roi avait le droit de s’approprier leurs biens après leur mort.
Nul moyen d’échapper. Car qui fait un pas est perdu. Il est aubain, épave, gibier sauvage, serf ou tué.
Antonyms
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.