auberge espagnole
\o.bɛʁ.ʒ‿ɛs.pa.ɲɔl\
The verdict
“auberge espagnole” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Auberge où l'on ne sert pas à manger, où l’on ne mange que ce que l’on a apporté.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | auberge espagnole |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o.bɛʁ.ʒ‿ɛs.pa.ɲɔl\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “auberge espagnole” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for auberge espagnole is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \o.bɛʁ.ʒ‿ɛs.pa.ɲɔl\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for auberge espagnole in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is auberge espagnole, spelled A-U-B-E-R-G-E- -E-S-P-A-G-N-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Auberge où l'on ne sert pas à manger, où l’on ne mange que ce que l’on a apporté.
- 2Repas qui consiste à manger ce que chaque convive a apporté.
- 3Idée à la mode, un peu creuse, où chacun comprend le sens qu’il amène.
- 4Groupe, parti ou liste électorale composite, dont les participants ou membres proviennent d’horizons divers et variés, voire initialement opposés
- 5Ensemble hétéroclite, sans unité.
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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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-U-B-E-R-G-E- -E-S-P-A-G-N-O-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.