auprès de
\o.pʁɛ də\
The verdict
“auprès de” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans le voisinage de ; dans la proximité de.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aupres-de · auprès de · French
auprès de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | auprès de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \o.pʁɛ də\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « auprès de » en français
Rare enough to double-check
auprès de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \o.pʁɛ də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for auprès de, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is auprès de, spelled A-U-P-R-È-S- -D-E.
Definition
- 1Dans le voisinage de ; dans la proximité de.
- 2Se dit aussi en parlant du séjour, de la présence habituelle et fréquente d’une personne auprès d’une autre.
- 3Rattaché à, dépendant, subordonné de.
- 4Dans l’esprit, dans l’opinion de quelqu’un.
- 5En s’adressant à.
- 6Au prix ; en comparaison de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how auprès de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Claire, à qui vous voulez bien vous intéresser, est en ce moment chez lady Blakstone, une amie de ma famille, auprès de Paris.
Henriette […] arracha la désolée Ernestine d’auprès de son lit, la conduisit chez sa parente, […].
This word in other languages
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.