Which to use
“august” is an adjective and “auguste” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #822
- “august” frequency rank
- #37,326
- “auguste” frequency rank
- 38148
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | august | auguste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable. | A kind of clown, usually serving as an anarchic foil to the whiteface. |
Where the eye mixes august and auguste
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: august vs auguste
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: august is /ɔːˈɡʌst/ while auguste is /aʊˈɡuːst/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “august” sits inside “auguste”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38148, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
august is recorded at frequency rank #822, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɔːˈɡʌst/. auguste is at rank #37,326, tagged as anoun, pronounced /aʊˈɡuːst/.
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 38148, this pair ranks #288,429 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of august vs auguste
Shared letters: agstu. Private to "august": -. Private to "auguste": e.
"august" · 6 letters · shape VVCVCC · "auguste" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "august" and "auguste" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "august" vs "auguste" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "august" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "auguste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #288,429 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "august" and "auguste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "auguste vs Augustin". 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 #288,429 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.