Auvray

\o.vʁɛ\

/\o.vʁɛ\/ name

The verdict

“Auvray” is uncommon French (frequency #85,490 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,490
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-auvray · Auvray · French

Auvray · rank #85,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,490
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH avortent

Nearest frequency peer: avortent (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Auvray »

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 « Auvray » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Auvray
PropertyValue
HeadwordAuvray
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\o.vʁɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#85,490
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Auvray » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Auvraytombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « avortent » (#85,491), « Auer » (#85,488), « aïoli » (#85,492). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Auvray » est au #85,490. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Auvray is uncommon French at frequency #85,490 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \o.vʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Auvray in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 Auvray, spelled A-U-V-R-A-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Des master class avec Justine Piluso, Albane Auvray, Amandine Carreau et le chef pâtissier Rémi Bouiller seront aussi proposées au public pour apprendre à sublimer les fruits et légumes de saison.

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 "Auvray"?
"Auvray" is spelled A-U-V-R-A-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \o.vʁɛ\.
What does "Auvray" mean?
As a proper noun, "Auvray" means: Nom de famille.
How do you pronounce "Auvray"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Auvray" is \o.vʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Auvray", 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