Which to use
“Aure” is a name and “aus” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,927
- “Aure” frequency rank
- #18,401
- “aus” frequency rank
- 67328
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Aure | aus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Commune française, située dans le département des Ardennes. | De (désigne la provenance). |
Letter map: Aure vs aus
Shared letters muted; letters that set Aure and aus apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Aure runs 4 letters (VVCV) against aus's 3 (VVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - Aure and aus
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Aure is aname and ausapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67328, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Aure is recorded at frequency rank #48,927, classified as aname. 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 67328, this pair ranks #63,893 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Aure vs aus
Shared letters: au. Private to "Aure": er. Private to "aus": s.
"Aure" · 4 letters · shape VVCV · "aus" · 3 letters · shape VVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Aure ← arue · auer · aurre · uare
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Aure" and "aus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Aure" or "aus"?
Useful next steps
Pair "Aure" vs "aus" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Aure" 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 #63,893 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Aure" and "aus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aur vs Aure". 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 #63,893 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.