Which to use
“augure” is a noun and “Aure” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,747
- “augure” frequency rank
- #48,927
- “Aure” frequency rank
- 68674
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | augure | Aure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Commune française, située dans le département des Ardennes. |
Letter map: augure vs Aure
Shared letters muted; letters that set augure and Aure apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - augure and Aure
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: augure is anoun and Aureaname. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68674, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
augure is recorded at frequency rank #19,747, classified as anoun, pronounced \o.ɡyʁ\. Aure is at rank #48,927, tagged as aname.
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 68674, this pair ranks #58,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of augure vs Aure
Shared letters: aeru. Private to "augure": g. Private to "Aure": -.
"augure" · 6 letters · shape VVCVCV · "Aure" · 4 letters · shape VVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "augure" and "Aure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "augure" vs "Aure" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "augure" vs "Aure" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "augure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Aure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "augure" and "Aure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aur 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 #58,163 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.