Which to use
“aurait” is a verb and “auray” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #241
- “aurait” frequency rank
- #38,659
- “auray” frequency rank
- 38900
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aurait | auray |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de avoir. | Bloc de pierre, pièce de bois, mauvais canon, etc., pour amarrer. |
Letter map: aurait vs auray
Shared letters muted; letters that set aurait and auray apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. aurait runs 6 letters (VVCVVC) against auray's 5 (VVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: aurait vs auray
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aurait is averb and aurayanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38900, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aurait is recorded at frequency rank #241, classified as averb, pronounced \o.ʁɛ\. auray is at rank #38,659, tagged as anoun.
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 38900, this pair ranks #251,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of aurait vs auray
Shared letters: aru. Private to "aurait": it. Private to "auray": y.
"aurait" · 6 letters · shape VVCVVC · "auray" · 5 letters · shape VVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aurait" and "auray" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "aurait" or "auray"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "aurait" and "auray".
- Full dictionary entry for "aurait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "auray" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #251,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aurait" and "auray" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aur vs auray". 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 #251,997 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.