augustine

/\o.gys.tin\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,259

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

augustine is aFrenchnoun. It means: Religieuse de la règle d’Augustin d’Hippone. Pronounced \o.gys.tin\. Often confused with Augustins and auguste.

Key facts for augustine
PropertyValue
Headwordaugustine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\o.gys.tin\
Letters9
Frequency rank#36,259
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of augustine in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for augustine is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \o.gys.tin\. Corpus data places it at rank #36,259 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for augustine, with forms such as "aguustine", "auggustine", and "augsutine". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Augustins", "auguste", "augustin", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is augustine, spelled A-U-G-U-S-T-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Religieuse de la règle d’Augustin d’Hippone.
  2. 2
    Chaufferette où une lampe à esprit-de-vin donne la chaleur.
  3. 3
    Quantité négligeable restant dans un plat ou un contenant en fin de repas, dans l’intention louable d’en laisser à autrui. ex : Béatrice s’exclame en fin de repas : « tu m’as laissé une Augustine ! » en désignant les 3 rondelles de courgettes restantes

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aguustine,auggustine,augsutine,augusitne,augusstine,augustien,augustinne,augustnie,augusttine,augutsine,auugstine,uagustine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for augustine

Misspelling Variants of "augustine"

aguustine9auggustine10augsutine9augusitne9augusstine10augustien9augustinne10augustnie9
Misspelling Variants of "augustine"

Frequency rank: #36,259 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "augustine"?
"augustine" is spelled A-U-G-U-S-T-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \o.gys.tin\.
What does "augustine" mean?
As a noun, "augustine" means: Religieuse de la règle d’Augustin d’Hippone.
What words are commonly confused with "augustine"?
"augustine" is commonly confused with "Augustins", "auguste", "augustin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "augustine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "augustine" is \o.gys.tin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "augustine" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.