Autist
[aʊ̯ˈtɪst]
The verdict
“Autist” is uncommon German (frequency #59,464 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,464
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (männliche^☆) Person mit Autismus
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Autist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aʊ̯ˈtɪst] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,464 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Autist” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Autist is uncommon German at frequency #59,464 among 113,935 “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(männliche^☆) Person mit Autismus
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 “Autist”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-T-I-S-T - 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.