Augustan
/ɔːˈɡʌstən/
"augustan" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Augustan” is uncommon English (frequency #71,296 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,296
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to the times of the Roman emperor Augustus (63 B.C.E. - 14 C.E.).
Corpus desk
Index EN-augustan · Augustan · English
Augustan · rank #71,296 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,296
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH aurum
Nearest frequency peer: aurum (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Augustan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- astrolabe
astrolabe
28,709 corpus weight
- astronomica…
astronomically
28,708 corpus weight
- Attleboro
Attleboro
28,707 corpus weight
- Augustan
Augustan
28,705 corpus weight
- aurum
aurum
28,704 corpus weight
- Azazel
Azazel
28,703 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Augustan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Augustan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɔːˈɡʌstən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,296 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Augustan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Augustan is uncommon English at frequency #71,296 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɔːˈɡʌstən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Augustan, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Latin Augustānus, from Augustus, a Roman emperor who ruled a period of peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana or Pax Augusta. The correct English form is Augustan, spelled A-U-G-U-S-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to the times of the Roman emperor Augustus (63 B.C.E. - 14 C.E.).
- 2Pertaining to the Roman poetic literature during this time.
- 3Pertaining to the period of English literature during the first half of the 18th century, known for satire and political themes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Augustan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jonathan Swift was an Augustan writer.
Etymology
From the Latin Augustānus, from Augustus, a Roman emperor who ruled a period of peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana or Pax Augusta.
This word in other languages
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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