aucun
\o.kœ̃\
The verdict
“aucun” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #299. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #299
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nul ; pas un (associé à une négation : ne, sans …).
Corpus desk
Index FR-aucun · aucun · French
aucun · rank #299 · 6 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #299
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH vois
Nearest frequency peer: vois (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “aucun”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tes
tes
99,704 corpus weight
- vois
vois
99,703 corpus weight
- aucun
aucun
99,702 corpus weight
- loi
loi
99,701 corpus weight
- parti
parti
99,700 corpus weight
- pris
pris
99,699 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “aucun” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aucun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \o.kœ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #299 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “aucun” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around aucun (IPA \o.kœ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #299 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for aucun, with forms such as "acuun", "auccun", and "aucnu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Autun", "aucune", "aucuns", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aucun, spelled A-U-C-U-N.
Definition
- 1Nul ; pas un (associé à une négation : ne, sans …).
- 2Quelque (sans négation à proximité : sens positif).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aucun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils ont voulu se conserver la faculté d’y relâcher d’abord, en ne permettant pas qu’on insérât dans la convention aucune clause qui pût les en priver.
Comme il avait dû prendre les billets un par un, les appliquer symétriquement l’un contre l’autre, les lisser de la main, les égaliser de façon à ce qu’aucun ne dépassât !
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acuun
- auccun
- aucnu
- aucunn
- auucn
- uacun
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aucun - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aucun", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "aucun". Here's where to go from here.
- "aucun" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Autun". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #299 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
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.