Which to use
“ados” is a noun and “aus” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,780
- “ados” frequency rank
- #18,401
- “aus” frequency rank
- 26181
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ados | aus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Terre qu’on élève en talus, ordinairement le long d’un mur bien exposé, pour y semer quelque chose qu’on veut faire venir plus tôt qu’on ne le pourrait en pleine terre. | De (désigne la provenance). |
Where the eye mixes ados and aus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between ados and aus
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ados is \a.do\ while aus is \aʊ̯s\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs preposition), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26181, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ados is recorded at frequency rank #7,780, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.do\. aus is at rank #18,401, tagged as aprep, pronounced \aʊ̯s\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 26181, this pair ranks #336,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ados vs aus
Shared letters: as. Private to "ados": do. Private to "aus": u.
"ados" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "aus" · 3 letters · shape VVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ados ← addos · adoss · adso · aods · daos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ados" for "aus" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "ados" or "aus" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ados" and "aus" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #336,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ados" and "aus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aus vs aves". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #336,660 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.