Augie
"augie" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Augie” is an uncommon English word, ranked #57,222 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #57,222
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A diminutive of the male given name Augustus, from Latin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Augie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Augie” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Augie is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #57,222 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A diminutive of the male given name Augustus, from Latin.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Augie in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Augustus + -ie. The correct English form is Augie, spelled A-U-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1A diminutive of the male given name Augustus, from Latin.
Etymology
From Augustus + -ie.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Augie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-U-G-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.