être de mauvais augure

verb

The verdict

“être de mauvais augure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
22
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Présager un mauvais avenir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etre-de-mauvais-augure · être de mauvais augure · French

être de mauvais augure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 22 letters
  • VOW-11 11 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Ê" 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.

Key facts for être de mauvais augure
PropertyValue
Headwordêtre de mauvais augure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters22
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « être de mauvais augure » en français

être de mauvais augurereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

être de mauvais augure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Présager un mauvais avenir.".

Zero misspellings are on record for être de mauvais augure in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is être de mauvais augure, spelled Ê-T-R-E- -D-E- -M-A-U-V-A-I-S- -A-U-G-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Présager un mauvais avenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how être de mauvais augure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ce repli est de mauvais augure pour la consommation des ménages qui est le principal moteur de la croissance britannique.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "être de mauvais augure"?
"être de mauvais augure" is spelled Ê-T-R-E- -D-E- -M-A-U-V-A-I-S- -A-U-G-U-R-E.
What does "être de mauvais augure" mean?
As a verb, "être de mauvais augure" means: Présager un mauvais avenir.
What language does "être de mauvais augure" come from?
"être de mauvais augure" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list