Autobiografie

[aʊ̯tobioɡʁaˈfiː]

/[aʊ̯tobioɡʁaˈfiː]/ noun

The verdict

“Autobiografie” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,933. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,933
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lebensbeschreibung einer Person, die von dieser Person selbst verfasst wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-autobiografie · Autobiografie · German

Autobiografie · rank #32,933 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #32,933
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Baguette

Nearest frequency peer: Baguette (+2 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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Autobiografie“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Autobiografie“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Autobiografie vs Autobiographie
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Autobiografie
PropertyValue
HeadwordAutobiografie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aʊ̯tobioɡʁaˈfiː]
Letters13
Frequency rank#32,933
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Autobiografie“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Autobiografieliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Baguette“ (#32,935), „Ausrufen“ (#32,930), „Bahia“ (#32,936). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Autobiografie“ bei #32,933. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around Autobiografie (IPA [aʊ̯tobioɡʁaˈfiː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,933 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lebensbeschreibung einer Person, die von dieser Person selbst verfasst wird".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Autobiografie, with forms such as "atuobiografie", "auotbiografie", and "autboiografie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Autobiographie", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Autobiografie, spelled A-U-T-O-B-I-O-G-R-A-F-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lebensbeschreibung einer Person, die von dieser Person selbst verfasst wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Viele prominente Personen schreiben Autobiografien, z. B. Dieter Bohlen, welchem jedoch ein Ghostwriter zur Seite stand, der ihn beim Schreiben unterstützte.
  2. „Nachdem ich die Kurzfassung meiner Autobiografie beendet hatte, war ich nicht mehr derselbe.“

Synonyms

Selbstbiografie

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atuobiografie
  • auotbiografie
  • autboiografie
  • autobbiografie
  • autobigorafie
  • autobiogarfie
  • autobioggrafie
  • autobiografei
  • autobiograffie
  • autobiograife
  • autobiogrfaie
  • autobiogrrafie
  • autobiorgafie
  • autoboigrafie
  • autoibografie
  • auttobiografie
  • uatobiografie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Autobiografie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

atuobiografie2auotbiografie2autboiografie2autobbiografie1autobigorafie2autobiogarfie2autobioggrafie1autobiografei2
Edit distance from "Autobiografie"

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 "Autobiografie"?
"Autobiografie" is spelled A-U-T-O-B-I-O-G-R-A-F-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aʊ̯tobioɡʁaˈfiː].
What does "Autobiografie" mean?
As a noun, "Autobiografie" means: Lebensbeschreibung einer Person, die von dieser Person selbst verfasst wird
What words are commonly confused with "Autobiografie"?
"Autobiografie" is commonly confused with "Autobiographie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Autobiografie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Autobiografie" is [aʊ̯tobioɡʁaˈfiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Autobiografie" come from?
"Autobiografie" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list