aune

\on\

/\on\/ noun

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The verdict

“aune” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #24,115) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#24,115
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mesure ancienne équivalant à 1,188 mètre instaurée par l’édit royal de François Iᵉʳ pour tenter d’harmoniser les mesures de longueur, mais qui prit selon les lieux diverses valeurs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aune · aune · French

aune · rank #24,115 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,115
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH attrayant

Nearest frequency peer: attrayant (-2 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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « aune »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « aune » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

aune vs aux
50% similar
aune vs axe
50% similar
aune vs ave
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for aune
PropertyValue
Headwordaune
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\on\
Letters4
Frequency rank#24,115
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « aune »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).aunese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « attrayant » (#24,113), « Baldwin » (#24,117), « attractive » (#24,112). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aune » est au #24,115. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for aune is neighbouring look-alikes ("aux", "axe", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \on\. Frequency #24,115 among 6,727 “A” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for aune, with forms such as "anue", "auen", and "aunne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aux", "axe", "ave", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aune, spelled A-U-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mesure ancienne équivalant à 1,188 mètre instaurée par l’édit royal de François Iᵉʳ pour tenter d’harmoniser les mesures de longueur, mais qui prit selon les lieux diverses valeurs.
  2. 2
    Bâton de même longueur dont on se servait pour mesurer.
  3. 3
    Grande longueur. (Exagération marquant souvent l’importance de la déception : voir long d’une aune)
  4. 4
    La mesure d’une chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how aune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nous serons bien heureux s’il ne nous manque qu’une couple d’aunes de ce beau galon qui environne le bas des piliers.
  2. Pour faire une saya ordinaire, il faut de douze à quatorze aunes de satin ; elle est doublée en florence ou en petite étoffe de coton très légère.

This word in other languages

ell(English)ana(Español)Elle(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anue
  • auen
  • aunne
  • uane

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aune - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

anue2auen2aunne1uane2
Edit distance from "aune"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aune"?
"aune" is spelled A-U-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \on\.
What does "aune" mean?
As a noun, "aune" means: Mesure ancienne équivalant à 1,188 mètre instaurée par l’édit royal de François Iᵉʳ pour tenter d’harmoniser les mesures de longueur, mais qui prit selon les lieux diverses valeurs.
What words are commonly confused with "aune"?
"aune" is commonly confused with "aux", "axe", "ave". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aune"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aune" is \on\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aune" come from?
"aune" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aune", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bolt#24,130Diop#24,177sole#24,037eues#24,212

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list