auspicious
/ɔˈspɪʃ.əs/adjective
auspicious is spelled A-U-S-P-I-C-I-O-U-S: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, auspicious means “Of good omen; indicating future success” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in auspicious?
| Letters | 10: A-U-S-P-I-C-I-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 25,751st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is auspicious?
Auspicious appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st 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 auspicious?
- UK /ɔːˈspɪ.ʃəs/
- US /ɔˈspɪʃ.əs/
- /ɑˈspɪʃ.əs/
Auspicious 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: En-us-auspicious.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with auspicious?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as auspicious from its last stressed vowel (/ɪʃəs/):
- delicious
- ambitious
- fictitious
- nutritious
- superstitious
- pernicious
- judicious
- surreptitious
- bootylicious
- lubricious
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of auspicious
- more auspicious comparative
- most auspicious superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does auspicious mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of good omen; indicating future success.
- 2
Conducive to success.
This is an auspicious day.
- 3
Marked by success; prosperous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Auspicious in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense indicating future success:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | propice, faste, de bon augure |
| German | günstig, vielversprechend, verheißungsvoll, glückverheißend |
| Portuguese | promissor |
| Spanish | próvido |
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.
Where does auspicious come from?
From auspice + -ious, from Latin auspicium (“augury”), from auspex (“augur”), possibly via French.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).