Which to use
“aucune” is an adjective and “augure” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #342
- “aucune” frequency rank
- #19,747
- “augure” frequency rank
- 20089
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aucune | augure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de aucun. | Présage par lequel on juge de l’avenir. Chez les Romains, il se disait des signes que les augures tiraient de l’observation du vol des oiseaux. Aujourd’hui il se dit de tout ce qui peut faire deviner l’avenir. |
Where the eye mixes aucune and augure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses aucune with augure
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aucune is \o.kyn\ while augure is \o.ɡyʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aucune is recorded at frequency rank #342, classified as anadj, pronounced \o.kyn\. augure is at rank #19,747, tagged as anoun, pronounced \o.ɡyʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 20089, this pair ranks #370,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aucune vs augure
Shared letters: aeu. Private to "aucune": cn. Private to "augure": gr.
"aucune" · 6 letters · shape VVCVCV · "augure" · 6 letters · shape VVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aucune" and "augure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "aucune" vs "augure" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "aucune" and "augure" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aucune" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "augure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #370,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aucune" and "augure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "augure vs Aure". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #370,000 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.