aureus

\o.ʁe.ys\

/\o.ʁe.ys\/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « aureus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aureus
PropertyValue
Headwordaureus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\o.ʁe.ys\
Letters6
Frequency rank#74,576
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « aureus » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.aureustombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « atterrissant » (#74,574), « Aussie » (#74,578), « auster » (#74,579). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aureus » est au #74,576. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Monnaie romaine d’or.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un aureus romain, vieux d’au moins 2,000 ans.
  2. "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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aureus"?
"aureus" is spelled A-U-R-E-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \o.ʁe.ys\.
What does "aureus" mean?
As a noun, "aureus" means: Monnaie romaine d’or.
How do you pronounce "aureus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aureus" is \o.ʁe.ys\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aureus" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list