auparavant

\o.pa.ʁa.vɑ̃\

/\o.pa.ʁa.vɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“auparavant” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,161. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,161
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avant, en parlant d’une priorité de temps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-auparavant · auparavant · French

auparavant · rank #2,161 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,161
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH académie

Nearest frequency peer: académie (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « auparavant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « auparavant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for auparavant
PropertyValue
Headwordauparavant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\o.pa.ʁa.vɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#2,161
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « auparavant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).auparavantse 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 « académie » (#2,160), « basse » (#2,162), « étoiles » (#2,159). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « auparavant » est au #2,161. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around auparavant (IPA \o.pa.ʁa.vɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #2,161 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Avant, en parlant d’une priorité de temps.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for auparavant, with forms such as "apuaravant", "auapravant", and "aupaarvant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is auparavant, spelled A-U-P-A-R-A-V-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avant, en parlant d’une priorité de temps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En attendant un peu le général Lamoricière, Abd-el-Kader contempla le champ de bataille de Sidi Brahim, où deux ans auparavant il était vainqueur et où aujourd'hui il est vaincu.
  2. Entre Rouvroy-sur-Audry et l'embranchement de Rémilly-les-Pothées, la route a été rectifiée à la fin de 1979, mais elle faisait auparavant un virage brusque, qui dominait l'abrupt d'un ravin.

Synonyms

d’abordavant

This word in other languages

before(English)antes(Español)vorher(Deutsch)anteriormente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apuaravant
  • auapravant
  • aupaarvant
  • auparaavnt
  • auparavannt
  • auparavantt
  • auparavatn
  • auparavnat
  • auparavvant
  • auparravant
  • auparvaant
  • aupparavant
  • aupraavant
  • uaparavant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of auparavant - 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.

apuaravant2auapravant2aupaarvant2auparaavnt2auparavannt1auparavantt1auparavatn2auparavnat2
Edit distance from "auparavant"

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 "auparavant"?
"auparavant" is spelled A-U-P-A-R-A-V-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \o.pa.ʁa.vɑ̃\.
What does "auparavant" mean?
As an adverb, "auparavant" means: Avant, en parlant d’une priorité de temps.
What are common misspellings of "auparavant"?
Common misspellings include "apuaravant", "auapravant", "aupaarvant", "auparaavnt", "auparavannt". The correct spelling is "auparavant".
How do you pronounce "auparavant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auparavant" is \o.pa.ʁa.vɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auparavant" come from?
"auparavant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list