être de mauvais augure
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | être de mauvais augure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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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
- 1Présager un mauvais avenir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how être de mauvais augure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.