Autist

[aʊ̯ˈtɪst]

/[aʊ̯ˈtɪst]/ noun

The verdict

“Autist” is uncommon German (frequency #59,464 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,464
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (männliche^☆) Person mit Autismus

Corpus desk

Index DE-autist · Autist · German

Autist · rank #59,464 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,464
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH auszupacken

Nearest frequency peer: auszupacken (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Autist“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Autist“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Autist
PropertyValue
HeadwordAutist
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aʊ̯ˈtɪst]
Letters6
Frequency rank#59,464
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Autist“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Autistfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „auszupacken“ (#59,463), „autumn“ (#59,465), „aussichtslosen“ (#59,462). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Autist“ bei #59,464. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Autist is uncommon German at frequency #59,464 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aʊ̯ˈtɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(männliche^☆) Person mit Autismus".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Autist, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Autist, spelled A-U-T-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    (männliche^☆) Person mit Autismus

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Autist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Beim Asperger-Typ hingegen hängt die soziale Eingliederungsfähigkeit im wesentlichen von der Intelligenz und von der Bereitschaft der Umgebung ab, dem jungen Autisten eine Ausbildung bzw. Tätigkeit zu überlassen, die seinen speziellen Fähigkeiten angemessen ist und ihn befriedigt.“
  2. „Zwar sind etwa die Hälfte der Menschen mit Inselbegabung Autisten, umgekehrt ist aber nur ein kleiner Teil der Autisten inselbegabt.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Autist"?
"Autist" is spelled A-U-T-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [aʊ̯ˈtɪst].
What does "Autist" mean?
As a noun, "Autist" means: (männliche^☆) Person mit Autismus
How do you pronounce "Autist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Autist" is [aʊ̯ˈtɪst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Autist" come from?
"Autist" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Autist", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list