Augenglas
\ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ˌɡlas\
The verdict
“Augenglas” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - , lorgnon, monocle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-augenglas · Augenglas · French
Augenglas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | Augenglas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ˌɡlas\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Augenglas » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Augenglas is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ˌɡlas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: ", lorgnon, monocle.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Augenglas, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Augenglas, spelled A-U-G-E-N-G-L-A-S.
Definition
- 1, lorgnon, monocle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Augenglas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf einem alten Foto war ein Vorfahre mit einem Augenglas zu sehen.
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.