Aurillac

\o.ʁi.jak\

/\o.ʁi.jak\/ name

The verdict

“Aurillac” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,967. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,967
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune et chef-lieu de département français, située dans le département du Cantal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aurillac · Aurillac · French

Aurillac · rank #26,967 · 9 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,967
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH atténuation

Nearest frequency peer: atténuation (-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 « Aurillac »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Aurillac » 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 Aurillac
PropertyValue
HeadwordAurillac
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\o.ʁi.jak\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,967
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Aurillac »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Aurillacse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « atténuation » (#26,966), « australe » (#26,968), « arrondis » (#26,965). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Aurillac » est au #26,967. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Aurillac (IPA \o.ʁi.jak\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,967 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commune et chef-lieu de département français, située dans le département du Cantal.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Aurillac, with forms such as "aruillac", "auirllac", and "aurilac". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Aurillac, spelled A-U-R-I-L-L-A-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune et chef-lieu de département français, située dans le département du Cantal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mercredi 5 août 40.– À Vichy, on s’exalte sur les travaux des champs et l’artisanat rustique. Aujourd’hui, c’est « la fameuse galoche d’Aurillac » qui est à l’honneur.
  2. À ma mort on trouverait des inédits dans mes tiroirs, une méditation sur la mer, une comédie en un acte, quelques pages érudites et sensibles sur les monuments d’Aurillac, de quoi faire une plaquette qui serait publiée par les soins de mes anciens élèves.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aruillac
  • auirllac
  • aurilac
  • aurilalc
  • aurillacc
  • aurillca
  • aurlilac
  • aurrillac
  • uarillac

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Aurillac - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aruillac2auirllac2aurilac1aurilalc2aurillacc1aurillca2aurlilac2aurrillac1
Edit distance from "Aurillac"

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 "Aurillac"?
"Aurillac" is spelled A-U-R-I-L-L-A-C. The IPA pronunciation is \o.ʁi.jak\.
What does "Aurillac" mean?
As a proper noun, "Aurillac" means: Commune et chef-lieu de département français, située dans le département du Cantal.
What are common misspellings of "Aurillac"?
Common misspellings include "aruillac", "auirllac", "aurilac", "aurilalc", "aurillacc". The correct spelling is "Aurillac".
How do you pronounce "Aurillac"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Aurillac" is \o.ʁi.jak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Aurillac" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list