auspices
noun
auspices is spelled A-U-S-P-I-C-E-S: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, auspices means “Protection or patronage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in auspices?
| Letters | 8: A-U-S-P-I-C-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is auspices?
Auspices appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce auspices?
- US
Auspices has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-auspices.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does auspices mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Protection or patronage.
The project took place under the auspices of the local church.
- 2
plural of auspice
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Auspices in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense patronage or protection:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Schirmherrschaft, Schutz, Fittiche, Obhut, Ägide |
| Spanish | auspicios |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.