auxiliaire

\ɔk.si.ljɛʁ\

/\ɔk.si.ljɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“auxiliaire” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,177. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,177
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui aide, dont on tire du secours.

Corpus desk

Index FR-auxiliaire · auxiliaire · French

auxiliaire · rank #11,177 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #11,177
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH auditeurs

Nearest frequency peer: auditeurs (-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 « auxiliaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « auxiliaire » 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).

auxiliaire vs auxiliaires
91% similar

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

Key facts for auxiliaire
PropertyValue
Headwordauxiliaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔk.si.ljɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#11,177
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « auxiliaire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).auxiliairese 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 « auditeurs » (#11,176), « bacon » (#11,178), « arrondissements » (#11,175). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « auxiliaire » est au #11,177. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around auxiliaire (IPA \ɔk.si.ljɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,177 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for auxiliaire, with forms such as "auixliaire", "auxiilaire", and "auxilaiire". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "auxiliaires", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is auxiliaire, spelled A-U-X-I-L-I-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui aide, dont on tire du secours.
  2. 2
    Qualifiait un soldat du contingent qui est utilisé dans un des services autres que le service armé, par suite de sa faiblesse de constitution.
  3. 3
    Peu important, secondaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les organes auxiliaires de la respiration.
  2. C'était, avant la guerre, une position militaire sans éclat, mais de tout repos. L’auxiliaire, quel que fût son âge, était celui dont on a pas besoin.

This word in other languages

auxiliary(English)auxiliar(Español)akzessorisch(Deutsch)auxiliar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • auixliaire
  • auxiilaire
  • auxilaiire
  • auxiliaier
  • auxiliairre
  • auxiliarie
  • auxiliiare
  • auxilliaire
  • auxliiaire
  • auxxiliaire
  • axuiliaire
  • uaxiliaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of auxiliaire - 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.

auixliaire2auxiilaire2auxilaiire2auxiliaier2auxiliairre1auxiliarie2auxiliiare2auxilliaire1
Edit distance from "auxiliaire"

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 "auxiliaire"?
"auxiliaire" is spelled A-U-X-I-L-I-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔk.si.ljɛʁ\.
What does "auxiliaire" mean?
As an adjective, "auxiliaire" means: Qui aide, dont on tire du secours.
What words are commonly confused with "auxiliaire"?
"auxiliaire" is commonly confused with "auxiliaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "auxiliaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auxiliaire" is \ɔk.si.ljɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auxiliaire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

consciente#11,196continents#11,198écosystème#11,156traducteur#11,142

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

auditeurs12 variantsapprenant12 variantsanglaises12 variantsalphonse12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list