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 September 3, 2026) - Par ouï-dire, ce qu’on a entendu dire, ce qu'on a appris par la rumeur publique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-auditu · de auditu · French
de auditu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | de auditu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de auditu » en français
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how de auditu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On agite beaucoup la question suivante, et on nous rapporte fidèlement, de auditu, l’opinion de M. Gambetta.
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.