Do you know English words with Au? There are many words in the English language containing both consonant and vowel sounds. Consonants are sounds produced by stopping airwaves with the vocal organs, and vowels sound like A E I O U are traditionally considered more musical.
The word “au” is a conjunction of two vowel sounds that create an odd sort of cooing noise. It’s often mispronounced as “ow” which confuses most people and could lead to mispronunciations. Additionally, some people miss out on the spelling and writing of the words that contain “au” (words with au). For instance, you want to write draught but you find yourself writing drought. For this reason, it is important to learn about these specific sets of English words for spelling, pronunciation, and meaning purposes.
Words with AU
What are words with AU?
Words with au are words that contain an ‘a’ vowel sound and a ‘u’ consonant sound. They could appear as follows:
1) Words with au at the beginning of a word are words that start with the letter ‘A’ and end with the ‘u’ consonant. The ‘u’ is a vowel, but it follows the consonant symbol, which makes the ‘u’ sound a little different than usual. Words that contain this sort of au are auburn, author, Australia, aurora, and August.
2) Words with au in the middle of a word are words that contain an ‘a’ vowel sound and a ‘u’ consonant sound in the middle. Words that contain this sort of au are dauphin, augur, traumatization, and draught.
3) Words with au at the end of a word are words that contain an ‘a’ vowel sound and a ‘u’ at the ending of a consonant sound. Words that contain this sort of au are: plateau, bureau, bateau and jambeau.
There are so many words that begin, contain, or end with au in the English language. It can be overwhelming to comprehend what’s important about these words for spelling, pronunciation, and meaning purposes. The below list contains the most common words in these categories:
3 Letter Words with Au
- Eau
- Sau
- Tau
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4 Letter Words with Au
- Auks
- Auld
- Aura
- Baud
- Beau
- Caul
- Daub
- Daut
- Faux
- Gaud
- Gaum
- Gaun
- Gaur
- Haul
- Haut
- Jaup
- Laud
- Luau
- Maud
- Maun
- Saul
- Taut
- Unau
- Vaus
- Wauk
- Waul
- Waur
- Yaud
- Yaup
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5 Letter Words with Au
- Audio
- Audit
- Auger
- Aught
- Augur
- Aulic
- Aunty
- Aural
- Aurar
- Aurei
- Auric
- Aurum
- Bauds
- Baulk
- Beaus
- Beaut
- Cauld
- Caulk
- Cause
- Daube
- Dauby
- Faugh
- Fauld
- Fauna
- Fauns
- Gauds
- Gaudy
- Gauge
- Gault
- Gaums
- Gaunt
- Gaurs
- Gauss
- Gauze
- Gauzy
- Ghaut
- Haulm
- Hauls
- Haunt
- Haute
- Imaum
- Jauks
- Jaunt
- Jaups
- Knaur
- Kraut
- Lauan
- Lauds
- Laugh
- Laura
- Luaus
- Mauds
- Mauls
- Maund
- Mauts
- Mauve
- Miaul
- Pause
- Pilau
- Praus
- Sauce
- Saucy
- Saugh
- Sauls
- Sault
- Saury
- Saute
- Scaur
- Shaul
- Taunt
- Tauon
- Taupe
- Tauts
- Vault
- Vaunt
- Wauks
- Whaup
- Yauld
- Yaups
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6 Letter Words with Au
- Ablaut
- Auburn
- Audile
- Auding
- Augend
- Augurs
- August
- Auntie
- Auntly
- Aurist
- Aurora
- Ausubo
- Auteur
- Author
- Autoed
- Autumn
- Avaunt
- Baubee
- Bauble
- Beauty
- Bureau
- Caucus
- Caudad
- Caudex
- Caudle
- Caught
- Caules
- Caulis
- Caused
- Causer
- Causes
- Causey
- Chaunt
- Clause
- Coteau
- Daubed
- Daubes
- Dauted
- Dautie
- Faucal
- Faulds
- Faults
- Faulty
- Faunae
- Faunal
- Fauves
- Frauds
- Gateau
- Gauche
- Gaucho
- Gauged
- Gauger
- Gauges
- Gaults
- Gaumed
- Gauzes
- Ghauts
- Hamaul
- Haughs
- Hauler
- Haulmy
- Haunch
- Heaume
- Inhaul
- Jauked
- Jaunce
- Jaunts
- Jaunty
- Jauped
- Kauris
- Kiaugh
- Knaurs
- Krauts
- Landau
- Lauded
- Lauder
- Launch
- Laurae
- Lauras
- Laurel
- Mauger
- Maugre
- Mauled
- Maumet
- Maunds
- Maundy
- Mauves
- Miauls
- Naught
- Nautch
- Nilgau
- Paulin
- Paunch
- Pauper
- Paused
- Pauser
- Pauses
- Pilaus
- Raunch
- Reseau
- Sauced
- Saucer
- Sauces
- Sauchs
- Sauger
- Saughs
- Saughy
- Saults
- Saunas
- Saurel
- Sauted
- Scaups
- Shaugh
- Shauls
- Taught
- Taunts
- Taupes
- Tauted
- Tauter
- Tautly
- Tautog
- Umlaut
- Vaults
- Vaunts
- Waucht
- Wauked
- Wauled
- Yauped
- Yauper
- Yaupon
- Yautia
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7 Letter Words with Au
- Acaudal
- Applaud
- Aubades
- Auberge
- Auction
- Audient
- Auditor
- Augitic
- Augural
- Augured
- Auldest
- Aurally
- Aureola
- Aureole
- Aurorae
- Auroras
- Ausform
- Auspice
- Austral
- Ausubos
- Autarky
- Auteurs
- Authors
- Autisms
- Autoing
- Automan
- Automen
- Autonym
- Autopen
- Autopsy
- Auxinic
- Bandeau
- Bausond
- Because
- Bedaubs
- Boxhaul
- Bureaus
- Caudate
- Caudles
- Causals
- Causers
- Causeys
- Caustic
- Cautery
- Caution
- Centaur
- Chapeau
- Chateau
- Chaufer
- Chaunts
- Claught
- Clausal
- Clauses
- Coteaus
- Coteaux
- Couteau
- Craunch
- Daubers
- Daubier
- Daubing
- Daunder
- Daunter
- Dauphin
- Dauties
- Dauting
- Debauch
- Defraud
- Draught
- Fabliau
- Faucals
- Faucets
- Faucial
- Faulted
- Fauvism
- Fauvist
- Flaunts
- Flaunty
- Gateaux
- Gauchos
- Gaudier
- Gaudies
- Gauging
- Gauming
- Gaunter
- Gauntly
- Gauntry
- Gausses
- Gauzier
- Graupel
- Hamauls
- Hauberk
- Haughty
- Haulage
- Haulers
- Hauling
- Haunted
- Haunter
- Hausens
- Hautboy
- Hauteur
- Infauna
- Inhauls
- Jambeau
- Jauking
- Jaunced
- Jauping
- Kiaughs
- Landaus
- Lauders
- Lauding
- Laugher
- Launces
- Launder
- Laundry
- Laurels
- Lauwine
- Manteau
- Marauds
- Maudlin
- Maulers
- Mauling
- Maumets
- Maunder
- Miauled
- Morceau
- Naughts
- Naughty
- Nauplii
- Nauseas
- Nautili
- Nilghau
- Nouveau
- Nylghau
- Outhaul
- Padauks
- Paughty
- Paunchy
- Paupers
- Pausing
- Plateau
- Quahaug
- Raucity
- Raucous
- Raunchy
- Regauge
- Romaunt
- Rondeau
- Rouleau
- Saucers
- Saucier
- Saucing
- Saugers
- Saunter
- Saurian
- Sauries
- Sauteed
- Sautoir
- Scauper
- Shaughs
- Staunch
- Tamarau
- Taunted
- Taunter
- Tautaug
- Tautens
- Tauting
- Tautogs
- Tonneau
- Umlauts
- Vaulter
- Vaunted
- Vaunter
- Vauntie
- Wauking
- Wauling
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8 Letter Words with Au
- Aboideau
- Acauline
- Acaulous
- Aeronaut
- Allosaur
- Aquanaut
- Argonaut
- Aubretia
- Aubrieta
- Audacity
- Audience
- Auditing
- Auguries
- Auguring
- Auguster
- Augustly
- Auntlike
- Auricled
- Auriform
- Aurorean
- Ausforms
- Austerer
- Autacoid
- Autarchy
- Authored
- Autistic
- Autobahn
- Autocade
- Autocoid
- Autodyne
- Autogamy
- Autogeny
- Autolyze
- Automata
- Automate
- Autonomy
- Autosome
- Autotype
- Autotypy
- Autunite
- Avifauna
- Balisaur
- Bandeaus
- Bandeaux
- Barosaur
- Baudrons
- Bauxitic
- Beauties
- Bedaubed
- Binaural
- Bordeaux
- Carnauba
- Caudally
- Caudices
- Caudillo
- Caulkers
- Caulking
- Causable
- Causally
- Causerie
- Causeway
- Caustics
- Cautious
- Centaurs
- Chapeaus
- Chateaus
- Chaufers
- Chauffer
- Chaunted
- Chaunter
- Chausses
- Chiauses
- Claustra
- Clubhaul
- Couteaux
- Daughter
- Daunders
- Daunters
- Daunting
- Dauphine
- Dauphins
- Defrauds
- Diapause
- Downhaul
- Draughts
- Draughty
- Ecaudate
- Epaulets
- Epifauna
- Exhausts
- Fabliaux
- Faultier
- Faulting
- Faunally
- Fauteuil
- Flambeau
- Flaunted
- Flaunter
- Flautist
- Fraughts
- Fraulein
- Gaudiest
- Gauffers
- Gauntlet
- Gauziest
- Glaucoma
- Glaucous
- Graupels
- Haulages
- Haulmier
- Haulyard
- Haunches
- Haunters
- Hausfrau
- Hautbois
- Infaunae
- Infaunas
- Inhauler
- Jambeaux
- Jauncing
- Jaundice
- Jauntier
- Jaunting
- Keelhaul
- Kilobaud
- Laudable
- Laudanum
- Laudator
- Laughers
- Laughing
- Laughter
- Launched
- Launcher
- Launders
- Laureate
- Laureled
- Lauwines
- Manteaux
- Marauded
- Marauder
- Maunders
- Mausolea
- Miauling
- Misgauge
- Monaural
- Morceaux
- Mosasaur
- Naumachy
- Nauplius
- Nauseant
- Nauseate
- Nauseous
- Nautches
- Nautical
- Nautilus
- Nudicaul
- Oceanaut
- Outhauls
- Outvaunt
- Overhaul
- Pauldron
- Plateaux
- Plaudits
- Preaudit
- Quahaugs
- Raunches
- Regauged
- Regauges
- Relaunch
- Rigaudon
- Romaunts
- Rondeaux
- Rouleaux
- Saucebox
- Saucepot
- Sauciest
- Saunters
- Sauropod
- Sauteing
- Sauterne
- Sautoire
- Sautoirs
- Scuppaug
- Tableaus
- Tableaux
- Taunters
- Taunting
- Taurines
- Tautaugs
- Tautened
- Tautonym
- Timaraus
- Tonneaux
- Trauchle
- Traumata
- Trumeaux
- Umlauted
- Untaught
- Vaultier
- Vauntful
- Wauchted
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9 Letter Words with Au
- Aeronauts
- Amauroses
- Amaurosis
- Amaurotic
- Antifraud
- Applauded
- Assaulted
- Assaulter
- Astronaut
- Aubergine
- Auctorial
- Audacious
- Audiogram
- Audiology
- Audiotape
- Auditable
- Augmented
- Augmenter
- Augmentor
- Augustest
- Aureoling
- Auriculae
- Ausformed
- Auslander
- Austenite
- Austerely
- Australes
- Autarchic
- Auteurist
- Authoress
- Authoring
- Authorise
- Authorize
- Autistics
- Autobuses
- Autocracy
- Autocrats
- Autocross
- Autodynes
- Autogiros
- Autograft
- Autograph
- Autolysin
- Automaker
- Automated
- Automatic
- Automaton
- Autonomic
- Autopsied
- Autopsies
- Autoroute
- Autosomes
- Autotelic
- Autunites
- Auxiliary
- Avifaunae
- Bedaubing
- Belauding
- Bordereau
- Carnosaur
- Caterwaul
- Caucusing
- Causalgia
- Causalgic
- Causation
- Causeless
- Cauterize
- Cautioned
- Centaurea
- Chalumeau
- Chauffers
- Chaunters
- Chaussure
- Claughted
- Claustral
- Claustrum
- Clubhauls
- Craunches
- Cybernaut
- Dauberies
- Daughters
- Daundered
- Dauntless
- Debaucher
- Defaulter
- Defrauded
- Degaussed
- Degausser
- Diapauses
- Dinosaurs
- Encaustic
- Epaulette
- Exhauster
- Faubourgs
- Faultiest
- Faunistic
- Fauteuils
- Flambeaus
- Flambeaux
- Flauntier
- Flautists
- Footfault
- Fraudster
- Fraughted
- Frauleins
- Gaucherie
- Gauderies
- Gaudiness
- Gauffered
- Gauntries
- Haughtily
- Haulyards
- Haustoria
- Holocaust
- Hydraulic
- Hypocaust
- Inaudible
- Inaugural
- Inhaulers
- Jaundiced
- Jaundices
- Jauntiest
- Kilobauds
- Landaulet
- Langlaufs
- Laudanums
- Laudation
- Laudative
- Laudatory
- Laughable
- Laughters
- Launchers
- Launching
- Launchpad
- Laundered
- Laundress
- Laundries
- Laureates
- Laureling
- Laurelled
- Marauders
- Maulstick
- Maunderer
- Menopause
- Misgauged
- Mistaught
- Naughtier
- Naughtily
- Nauseants
- Nauseated
- Nautiloid
- Oceanauts
- Outcaught
- Outvaunts
- Overhauls
- Oversauce
- Paucities
- Pauldrons
- Paulownia
- Paunchier
- Paupering
- Pauperize
- Plausible
- Plausibly
- Postfault
- Prelaunch
- Pterosaur
- Raucities
- Raucously
- Raunchier
- Sauciness
- Sauntered
- Schnauzer
- Slaughter
- Stauncher
- Stegosaur
- Tarpaulin
- Tautening
- Tautology
- Tautomers
- Thesaural
- Traumatic
- Trousseau
- Undaunted
- Vaultiest
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10 Letter Words with Au
- Antinausea
- Applauding
- Applesauce
- Araucarian
- Assaulting
- Assaultive
- Astronauts
- Auctioneer
- Auctioning
- Audibility
- Audiogenic
- Audiometry
- Audiophile
- Auditorily
- Auditorium
- Augustness
- Auriculate
- Auscultate
- Auspicious
- Austenitic
- Autarkical
- Autecology
- Authorises
- Authorizer
- Authorizes
- Authorship
- Autobusses
- Autochthon
- Autoclaves
- Autocratic
- Autogamies
- Autogamous
- Autogenous
- Autographs
- Autolysate
- Autolysing
- Autolyzing
- Automatics
- Automation
- Automatize
- Autonomies
- Autoroutes
- Autosexing
- Autostrada
- Autostrade
- Autotomies
- Autotomize
- Autotomous
- Autotrophy
- Autoworker
- Backhauled
- Boxhauling
- Bureaucrat
- Causticity
- Cautioning
- Centaureas
- Chauffeurs
- Chaussures
- Chauvinist
- Claughting
- Coauthored
- Cosmonauts
- Daundering
- Debauchees
- Debauchery
- Defaulting
- Defrauders
- Degaussers
- Degaussing
- Distraught
- Draughtier
- Epauletted
- Epaulettes
- Euphausids
- Exhausters
- Exhaustion
- Exhaustive
- Faultiness
- Flauntiest
- Footfaults
- Fraudsters
- Fraughting
- Gaucheness
- Gauffering
- Gauleiters
- Glauconite
- Grandaunts
- Hadrosaurs
- Hauntingly
- Haustorial
- Hydraulics
- Hypocausts
- Illaudable
- Inaugurate
- Incautions
- Incautious
- Jaundicing
- Jauntiness
- Juggernaut
- Langlaufer
- Laughingly
- Launderers
- Laundering
- Laundromat
- Laundrymen
- Laureating
- Lebensraum
- Leprechaun
- Maulsticks
- Maumetries
- Maunderers
- Maundering
- Meerschaum
- Megafaunae
- Megafaunal
- Menopauses
- Mesopauses
- Microfauna
- Misgauging
- Naughtiest
- Naumachiae
- Naumachias
- Nautically
- Nautiluses
- Nonauthors
- Onslaughts
- Outlaughed
- Outvaunted
- Overhauled
- Oversauces
- Overslaugh
- Paulownias
- Paunchiest
- Pauperisms
- Pauperized
- Paupiettes
- Pelycosaur
- Plateauing
- Plesiosaur
- Pterosaurs
- Raunchiest
- Relaunched
- Restaurant
- Roquelaure
- Sauceboxes
- Saucerlike
- Sauerkraut
- Sauntering
- Somersault
- Staunchest
- Staunching
- Staurolite
- Subaudibly
- Tauntingly
- Tautnesses
- Tautomeric
- Trauchling
- Tropopause
- Trousseaus
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11 Letter Words with Au
- Acaulescent
- Applaudable
- Audiologies
- Audiometric
- Audiovisual
- Auditioning
- Auspicating
- Austerities
- Autarchical
- Authorities
- Autoclaving
- Autocracies
- Autoerotism
- Autoloading
- Automobiled
- Autonomists
- Autosomally
- Autostradas
- Autotrophic
- Bureaucracy
- Caudillismo
- Cauterizing
- Chauffeured
- Chauvinisms
- Chauvinists
- Clubhauling
- Coauthoring
- Cotylosaurs
- Daunomycins
- Dauntlessly
- Dinosaurian
- Draughtiest
- Draughtsman
- Entomofauna
- Euphausiids
- Exhaustible
- Exhaustions
- Faultlessly
- Flauntingly
- Footfaulted
- Fricandeaus
- Gallimaufry
- Gaudinesses
- Gauntleting
- Gauzinesses
- Glauconitic
- Goddaughter
- Haughtiness
- Heteroauxin
- Ichthyosaur
- Implausible
- Inaugurator
- Keelhauling
- Kilogausses
- Langlaufers
- Launderette
- Laundresses
- Laundrettes
- Laureations
- Lebensraums
- Microfaunae
- Microfaunal
- Minaudieres
- Multiauthor
- Multicausal
- Overcaution
- Overslaughs
- Pauperizing
- Pelycosaurs
- Plesiosaurs
- Portmanteau
- Precautions
- Prosauropod
- Relaunching
- Restaurants
- Sauerbraten
- Saurischian
- Slaughterer
- Staunchness
- Staurolitic
- Subaudition
- Tautologies
- Thesauruses
- Traumatizes
- Tyrannosaur
- Unautomated
- Unbeautiful
- Unlaundered
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12 Letter Words with Au
- Aeronautical
- Allosauruses
- Ankylosaurus
- Archosaurian
- Assaultively
- Auscultating
- Auscultatory
- Autecologies
- Authenticate
- Autografting
- Autoimmunity
- Automatizing
- Automobiling
- Automorphism
- Autorotating
- Autorotation
- Autotrophies
- Brontosaurus
- Chaulmoogras
- Clairaudient
- Claudication
- Coauthorship
- Debaucheries
- Eisteddfodau
- Exhaustively
- Exhaustivity
- Faultfinders
- Faultfinding
- Faultinesses
- Fraudulences
- Fraudulently
- Gauchenesses
- Goddaughters
- Ichthyosaurs
- Inaudibility
- Incautiously
- Instauration
- Intrauterine
- Laureateship
- Manslaughter
- Nauseatingly
- Nonautomatic
- Overcautions
- Restaurateur
- Slaughtering
- Traumatizing
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13 Letter Words with Au
- Antiauthority
- Authentically
- Autoeroticism
- Clairaudience
- Claudications
- Coauthorships
- Daunorubicins
- Dauntlessness
- Exhaustlessly
- Faultfindings
- Faultlessness
- Faunistically
- Gallimaufries
- Ichthyofaunal
- Manslaughters
- Nonchauvinist
- Postholocaust
- Postinaugural
- Posttraumatic
- Precautionary
- Reauthorizing
- Restauranteur
- Stegosauruses
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14 Letter Words with Au
- Automobilities
- Claustrophobes
- Counterassault
- Exhaustibility
- Exhaustivities
- Fraudulentness
- Implausibility
- Inaudibilities
- Inauspiciously
- Incautiousness
- Plausibilities
- Tautologically
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15 Letter Words with Au
- Autotransformer
- Autotrophically
- Claustrophobias
- Dauntlessnesses
Conclusion
Words with au are some of the most common in the English language, they are fairly short and simple, but they do exist in other languages as well. At first glance, these words can be quite confusing because they carry two different sounds at once which makes it difficult for people to remove their tongue from the roof of the mouth when pronouncing them correctly.
Although, with some practice, it is possible to properly pronounce words with au and get the meaning across to your peers.
It is important to practice the words with au often and be aware of where they appear in sentences so that you can effortlessly say them out loud without hesitation. Words with au are considered less musical than other vowel sounds because they carry two different vowel sounds in a single word.
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Last Updated on April 26, 2023