Which to use
“augure” and “auteure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,747
- “augure” frequency rank
- #9,272
- “auteure” frequency rank
- 29019
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | augure | auteure |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Créatrice d’une œuvre littéraire. |
Where the eye mixes augure and auteure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. augure runs 6 letters (VVCVCV) against auteure's 7 (VVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: augure vs auteure
A purely visual mix-up. augure (\o.ɡyʁ\) and auteure (\o.tœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29019, 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\. auteure is at rank #9,272, tagged as anoun, pronounced \o.tœʁ\.
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 29019, this pair ranks #319,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of augure vs auteure
Shared letters: aeru. Private to "augure": g. Private to "auteure": t.
"augure" · 6 letters · shape VVCVCV · "auteure" · 7 letters · shape VVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "augure" for "auteure" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "augure" or "auteure" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "augure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "auteure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #319,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "augure" and "auteure" 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 #319,237 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.