inauspicious
/ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs/
"inauspicious" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inauspicious” is uncommon English (frequency #60,177 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,177
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not auspicious; ill-omened.
Corpus desk
Index EN-inauspicious · inauspicious · English
inauspicious · rank #60,177 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,177
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH impairing
Nearest frequency peer: impairing (-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 “inauspicious”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- IGM
IGM
39,827 corpus weight
- immunosuppr…
immunosuppressive
39,826 corpus weight
- impairing
impairing
39,825 corpus weight
- inauspicious
inauspicious
39,824 corpus weight
- inbuilt
inbuilt
39,823 corpus weight
- industrials
industrials
39,821 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “inauspicious” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inauspicious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #60,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “inauspicious” in English
Rare enough to double-check
inauspicious is uncommon English at frequency #60,177 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not auspicious; ill-omened.".
Zero misspellings are on record for inauspicious in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From in- + auspicious. The correct English form is inauspicious, spelled I-N-A-U-S-P-I-C-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Not auspicious; ill-omened.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inauspicious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars.
Inauspicious love.
Etymology
From in- + auspicious.
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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