auxiliary verb
/ɔːɡˈzɪljəɹi ˈvɜː(ɹ)b/
"auxiliary-verb" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“auxiliary verb” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause in order to make distinctions in tense, mood, voice or aspect.
Corpus desk
Index EN-auxiliary-verb · auxiliary verb · English
auxiliary verb · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | auxiliary verb |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɔːɡˈzɪljəɹi ˈvɜː(ɹ)b/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “auxiliary verb” in English
Rare enough to double-check
auxiliary verb is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɔːɡˈzɪljəɹi ˈvɜː(ɹ)b/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause in order to make distinctions in tense, mood, voice or aspect.".
No misspelling variants are generated for auxiliary verb in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is auxiliary verb, spelled A-U-X-I-L-I-A-R-Y- -V-E-R-B.
Definition
- 1A verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause in order to make distinctions in tense, mood, voice or aspect.
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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.