AuteuilvsautruiConfusable pair

Quick tell: Auteuil is a name, autrui is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Auteuil” is a name and “autrui” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,928
“Auteuil” frequency rank
#6,052
“autrui” frequency rank
26980
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Auteuil autrui
Definition Nom de famille. Les autres personnes, une autre personne, le prochain.

Letter map: Auteuil vs autrui

Shared letters muted; letters that set Auteuil and autrui apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Auteuil runs 7 letters (VVCVVVC) against autrui's 6 (VVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Auteuil
6 ch
autrui

Role in the sentence - Auteuil and autrui

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Auteuil is aname and autruiapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26980, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Auteuil is recorded at frequency rank #20,928, classified as aname. autrui is at rank #6,052, tagged as apron, pronounced \o.tʁɥi\.

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 26980, this pair ranks #331,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Auteuil vs autrui

Shared letters: aitu. Private to "Auteuil": el. Private to "autrui": r.

"Auteuil" · 7 letters · shape VVCVVVC  ·  "autrui" · 6 letters · shape VVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Auteuil ← atueuil · auetuil · auteiul · auteuill · auteuli · autteuil · autueil · uateuil
  • autrui ← aturui · aurtui · autriu · autrrui · auttrui · auturi · uatrui

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Auteuil" for "autrui" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Auteuil" is a name and "autrui" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Auteuil" vs "autrui" - which ranks higher?
"autrui" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,052 in our French list, against #20,928 for "Auteuil". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Auteuil" vs "autrui" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Auteuil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "autrui" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #331,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Auteuil" and "autrui" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "autrui vs Autun". 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 #331,722 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list