autochthone

Name: autochthone, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[aʊ̯tɔxˈtoːnə]

/[aʊ̯tɔxˈtoːnə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“autochthone” is uncommon German (frequency #84,969 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,969
frequency rank, German: 113,935
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs autochthon

Key facts for autochthone
Property	Value
Headword	autochthone
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[aʊ̯tɔxˈtoːnə]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#84,969
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “autochthone” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). autochthone lands here:

#84,969

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

autochthone is uncommon German at frequency #84,969 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [aʊ̯tɔxˈtoːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

autochthone has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is autochthone, spelled A-U-T-O-C-H-T-H-O-N-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs autochthon
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs autochthon
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs autochthon
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs autochthon
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs autochthon
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs autochthon
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs autochthon
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs autochthon
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs autochthon

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 "autochthone"?

"autochthone" is spelled A-U-T-O-C-H-T-H-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aʊ̯tɔxˈtoːnə].

What does "autochthone" mean?

As an adjective, "autochthone" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs autochthon

How do you pronounce "autochthone"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autochthone" is [aʊ̯tɔxˈtoːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "autochthone" come from?

"autochthone" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “autochthone”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is A-U-T-O-C-H-T-H-O-N-E - 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.