auprès de
\o.pʁɛ də\
The verdict
“auprès de” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a preposition - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dans le voisinage de ; dans la proximité de.
| 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) |
Where “auprès de” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for auprès de is 9 letters long, classified as a preposition, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \o.pʁɛ də\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-U-P-R-È-S- -D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \o.pʁɛ də\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.