Aue
^((h aspiré))\o\
The verdict
“Aue” is uncommon French (frequency #57,771 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,771
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville et commune d’Allemagne, située dans la Saxe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aue · Aue · French
Aue · rank #57,771 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,771
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Aubigny
Nearest frequency peer: Aubigny (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Aue »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- attaquons
attaquons
42,233 corpus weight
- attirants
attirants
42,232 corpus weight
- Aubigny
Aubigny
42,231 corpus weight
- Aue
Aue
42,230 corpus weight
- automatic
automatic
42,229 corpus weight
- Auxois
Auxois
42,228 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Aue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\o\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #57,771 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Aue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Aue is uncommon French at frequency #57,771 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\o\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville et commune d’Allemagne, située dans la Saxe.".
Aue doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Aue, spelled A-U-E.
Definition
- 1Ville et commune d’Allemagne, située dans la Saxe.
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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