de auditu
The verdict
“de auditu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Par ouï-dire, ce qu’on a entendu dire, ce qu'on a appris par la rumeur publique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | de auditu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “de auditu” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
de auditu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Par ouï-dire, ce qu’on a entendu dire, ce qu'on a appris par la rumeur publique.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for de auditu, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is de auditu, spelled D-E- -A-U-D-I-T-U.
Definition
- 1Par ouï-dire, ce qu’on a entendu dire, ce qu'on a appris par la rumeur publique.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “de auditu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E- -A-U-D-I-T-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.