aus

\aʊ̯s\

/\aʊ̯s\/ prep

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The verdict

“aus” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #18,401) as a preposition. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#18,401
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De (désigne la provenance).

Corpus desk

Index FR-aus · aus · French

aus · rank #18,401 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,401
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aubin

Nearest frequency peer: aubin (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « aus »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « aus » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

aus vs av
33% similar
aus vs az
33% similar
aus vs aw
33% similar

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

Key facts for aus
PropertyValue
Headwordaus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPreposition
IPA\aʊ̯s\
Letters3
Frequency rank#18,401
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « aus »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « aubin » (#18,400), « atterri » (#18,399), « avoine » (#18,403). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aus » est au #18,401. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for aus is neighbouring look-alikes ("av", "az", …), not just typos; it is apreposition pronounced \aʊ̯s\. Frequency #18,401 among 6,727 “A” headwords. 13 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aus, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "av", "az", "aw", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is aus, spelled A-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    De (désigne la provenance).
  2. 2
    De, désigne la source ou l’origin de quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Hors de, désigne un mouvement de l'intérieur vers l’extérieur.
  4. 4
    De, désigne le matériau dont quelque chose est faite.
  5. 5
    De, désigne un mouvement d'éloignement par rapport à la position actuelle, ou un changement actif par rapport à la situation actuelle.
  6. 6
    Par, du, par cause de.
  7. 7
    De, désigne l’état original d’une transformation active.
  8. 8
    De, désigne l’état original d’une évolution.
  9. 9
    De, désigne l’endroit d’où quelque chose a été écartée ou éliminée.
  10. 10
    En, désigne le sujet scolaire.
  11. 11
    Particule séparable de nombreux verbes, voir aus-.
  12. 12
    von ... aus: À l'initiative de.
  13. 13
    ein und aus gehen, aus und ein gehen: Se rendre souvent et de manière familiale (chez quelqu'un).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ich komme aus der Schweiz.
  2. Die Gehbachs sind verzweifelt: Weil versehentlich die Terrassentür offen stand, ist der vierköpfigen Familie aus Dortmund der Staubsaugerroboter entwischt.

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 "aus"?
"aus" is spelled A-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \aʊ̯s\.
What does "aus" mean?
As a preposition, "aus" means: De (désigne la provenance).
What words are commonly confused with "aus"?
"aus" is commonly confused with "av", "az", "aw". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aus" is \aʊ̯s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aus" come from?
"aus" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

CIV#18,435cow#18,453tam#18,338sav#18,316

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list