autodidaktisch

[aʊ̯todiˈdaktɪʃ]

/[aʊ̯todiˈdaktɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“autodidaktisch” is uncommon German (frequency #93,985 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,985
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Selbstunterricht betreffend, für Autodidakten geeignet und/oder konzipiert

Corpus desk

Index DE-autodidaktisch · autodidaktisch · German

autodidaktisch · rank #93,985 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,985
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH austretende

Nearest frequency peer: austretende (-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 „autodidaktisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for autodidaktisch
PropertyValue
Headwordautodidaktisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[aʊ̯todiˈdaktɪʃ]
Letters14
Frequency rank#93,985
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „autodidaktisch“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).autodidaktischfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „austretende“ (#93,984), „años“ (#93,987), „Ausrufe“ (#93,982). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „autodidaktisch“ bei #93,985. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

autodidaktisch is uncommon German at frequency #93,985 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [aʊ̯todiˈdaktɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

autodidaktisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 autodidaktisch, spelled A-U-T-O-D-I-D-A-K-T-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Selbstunterricht betreffend, für Autodidakten geeignet und/oder konzipiert
  2. 2
    durch Selbstunterricht, als Autodidakt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er ist auf der Suche nach autodidaktischem Material für seine Kinder.
  2. Die nötigen Fertigkeiten für diese Tätigkeit hat er autodidaktisch erworben.

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 "autodidaktisch"?
"autodidaktisch" is spelled A-U-T-O-D-I-D-A-K-T-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [aʊ̯todiˈdaktɪʃ].
What does "autodidaktisch" mean?
As an adjective, "autodidaktisch" means: den Selbstunterricht betreffend, für Autodidakten geeignet und/oder konzipiert
How do you pronounce "autodidaktisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autodidaktisch" is [aʊ̯todiˈdaktɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list