# author vs autour

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### author
*noun · IPA \ˈɔː.θə\ · frequency rank #38,157*
Auteur·ice.

### autour
*adverb · IPA \o.tuʁ\ · frequency rank #502*
Aux alentours ; aux environs.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/author-vs-autour