aurore

\o.ʁɔʁ\

/\o.ʁɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“aurore” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,527. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,527
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lueur brillante et rosée qui paraît dans le ciel avant que le soleil soit sur l’horizon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aurore · aurore · French

aurore · rank #11,527 · 7 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,527
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH attractions

Nearest frequency peer: attractions (-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 « aurore »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aurore » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

aurore vs autre
67% similar
aurore vs aurores
86% similar
aurore vs Aure
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for aurore
PropertyValue
Headwordaurore
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\o.ʁɔʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,527
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aurore »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.aurorese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « attractions » (#11,526), « Autrichien » (#11,528), « artère » (#11,525). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aurore » est au #11,527. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around aurore (IPA \o.ʁɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,527 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for aurore, with forms such as "aruore", "auorre", and "auroer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "autre", "aurores", "Aure", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is aurore, spelled A-U-R-O-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lueur brillante et rosée qui paraît dans le ciel avant que le soleil soit sur l’horizon.
  2. 2
    Moment du matin où cette lumière apparaît.
  3. 3
    Évènement heureux qui annonce un plus grand bonheur.
  4. 4
    Commencement de certaines choses.
  5. 5
    Le Levant, les pays qui sont à l’orient.
  6. 6
    Synonyme de aurore polaire.
  7. 7
    Sauce constituée d’une béchamel et de concentré de tomate.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ainsi, d’aurore radieuse en crépuscule mélancolique, la petite Yasmina avait vu s’écouler encore un printemps, très semblable aux autres, qui se confondaient dans sa mémoire.
  2. L’aurore se levait, l’aurore instable d’un navire en marche, née légèrement sur le dos d’une vague sans nom.

Synonyms

aubepetit jour

Antonyms

brunecrépusculecouchantcouchersoir

This word in other languages

aurora(English)aurora(Español)Morgenröte(Deutsch)aurora(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aruore
  • auorre
  • auroer
  • aurorre
  • aurroe
  • aurrore
  • uarore

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aurore - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aruore2auorre2auroer2aurorre1aurroe2aurrore1uarore2
Edit distance from "aurore"

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 "aurore"?
"aurore" is spelled A-U-R-O-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \o.ʁɔʁ\.
What does "aurore" mean?
As a noun, "aurore" means: Lueur brillante et rosée qui paraît dans le ciel avant que le soleil soit sur l’horizon.
What words are commonly confused with "aurore"?
"aurore" is commonly confused with "autre", "aurores", "Aure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aurore"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aurore" is \o.ʁɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aurore" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

artère#11,525agneau#11,516corpus#11,554Dennis#11,561

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

choux7 variantstomes7 variantsdouane7 variantsdéçus7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list