inauspicieux
\i.nɔs.pi.sjø\
The verdict
“inauspicieux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Défavorable, de mauvais présage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inauspicieux · inauspicieux · French
inauspicieux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | inauspicieux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.nɔs.pi.sjø\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
inauspicieux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.nɔs.pi.sjø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Défavorable, de mauvais présage.".
inauspicieux has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is inauspicieux, spelled I-N-A-U-S-P-I-C-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Défavorable, de mauvais présage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how inauspicieux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Contrairement à la dichotomie pur/impur, nette et bien définie, il n’y a pas nécessairement de frontière nette entre l’auspicieux et l’inauspicieux car cette opposition est avant tout un « principe de transformation ». Il arrive d’ailleurs que ces deux états se trouvent réunis très momentanément dans le rituel ; un moment fort et potentiellement dangereux…
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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.