aurore

/\o.ʁɔʁ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,527

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

aurore is aFrenchnoun. It means: Lueur brillante et rosée qui paraît dans le ciel avant que le soleil soit sur l’horizon. Pronounced \o.ʁɔʁ\. Often confused with autre and aurores.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of aurore in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for aurore is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \o.ʁɔʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,527 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for aurore, with forms such as "aruore", "auorre", and "auroer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is aurore, spelled A-U-R-O-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aruore,auorre,auroer,aurorre,aurroe,aurrore,uarore

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aurore

Misspelling Variants of "aurore"

aruore6auorre6auroer6aurorre7aurroe6aurrore7uarore6
Misspelling Variants of "aurore"

Frequency rank: #11,527 in French

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?
"aurore" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.