aureus
\o.ʁe.ys\
The verdict
“aureus” is uncommon French (frequency #74,576 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,576
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monnaie romaine d’or.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aureus · aureus · French
aureus · rank #74,576 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,576
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH atterrissant
Nearest frequency peer: atterrissant (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « aureus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- athérosclér…
athérosclérose
25,430 corpus weight
- atterrissant
atterrissant
25,427 corpus weight
- aureus
aureus
25,425 corpus weight
- Aussie
Aussie
25,423 corpus weight
- auster
auster
25,422 corpus weight
- autodafé
autodafé
25,421 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « aureus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aureus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o.ʁe.ys\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aureus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aureus is uncommon French at frequency #74,576 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \o.ʁe.ys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Monnaie romaine d’or.".
Zero misspellings are on record for aureus in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is aureus, spelled A-U-R-E-U-S.
Definition
- 1Monnaie romaine d’or.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aureus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un aureus romain, vieux d’au moins 2,000 ans.
"Il s’agit de 102 deniers d’argent. Ce qui porte actuellement nos trouvailles à 220 monnaies du règne de l’empereur Auguste, sans compter les aurei* d’or exhumés l’an dernier", précise Marc Rappe, l’archéologue du musée de Kalkriese responsable des fouilles, contacté par Sciences et Avenir.
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); 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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