auric

adj

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"auric" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“auric” is uncommon English (frequency #87,043 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,043
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to trivalent gold.

Corpus desk

Index EN-auric · auric · English

auric · rank #87,043 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,043
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH autor

Nearest frequency peer: autor (+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 “auric”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “auric” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for auric
PropertyValue
Headwordauric
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#87,043
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “auric” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).auricfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “autor” (#87,044), “attenuator” (#87,041), “assignation” (#87,036). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “auric” is #87,043. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

auric is uncommon English at frequency #87,043 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to trivalent gold.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for auric, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin aurum + -ic. The correct English form is auric, spelled A-U-R-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to trivalent gold.

Etymology

From Latin aurum + -ic.

This word in other languages

aurique(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "auric"?
"auric" is spelled A-U-R-I-C.
What does "auric" mean?
As an adjective, "auric" means: Of or pertaining to trivalent gold.
What is the origin of the word "auric"?
From Latin aurum + -ic. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "auric", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

autor#87,044Arvid#87,033arris#87,032Arcos#87,028

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list