autark
[aʊ̯ˈtaʁk]
The verdict
“autark” is uncommon German (frequency #51,130 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,130
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - insbesondere von der ausländischen Wirtschaft unabhängig
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autark |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [aʊ̯ˈtaʁk] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,130 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “autark” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
autark is uncommon German at frequency #51,130 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [aʊ̯ˈtaʁk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for autark, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is autark, spelled A-U-T-A-R-K.
Definition
- 1insbesondere von der ausländischen Wirtschaft unabhängig
- 2von äußeren Einflüssen unabhängig
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “autark”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-T-A-R-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.