autocensure
[otosɑ̃syʁ]
The verdict
“autocensure” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Selbstzensur
Corpus desk
Index DE-autocensure · autocensure · German
autocensure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autocensure |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [otosɑ̃syʁ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „autocensure“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
autocensure is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [otosɑ̃syʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Selbstzensur".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for autocensure, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is autocensure, spelled A-U-T-O-C-E-N-S-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Selbstzensur
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.