augury
/ˈɔː.ɡjʊ.ɹi/
"augury" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“augury” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
Corpus desk
Index EN-augury · augury · English
augury · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | augury |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɔː.ɡjʊ.ɹi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “augury” in English
Rare enough to double-check
augury is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɔː.ɡjʊ.ɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for augury, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From augur + -y, or from Middle English augurie, from Old French augurie, from Latin augurium. The correct English form is augury, spelled A-U-G-U-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
- 2An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
- 3An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how augury appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Wordsworth's first preludings there is but a dim foreboding of the creator of an era. From Southey's early poems, a safer augury might have been drawn.
No augury could be hopefuller. The Fates must indeed be hard, the Ordeal severe, the Destiny dark, that could destroy so bright a Spring!
Etymology
From augur + -y, or from Middle English augurie, from Old French augurie, from Latin augurium.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.