autoritäre

Name: autoritäre, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[aʊ̯toʁiˈtɛːʁə]

/[aʊ̯toʁiˈtɛːʁə]/ adj

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

The verdict

“autoritäre” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,019. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,019
frequency rank, German: 113,935
“A” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

autoritäre vs Autorität

70% similar

autoritäre vs autoritären

91% similar

autoritäre vs Autoritäten

73% similar

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

Key facts for autoritäre
Property	Value
Headword	autoritäre
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[aʊ̯toʁiˈtɛːʁə]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#29,019
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “autoritäre” 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). autoritäre lands here:

#29,019

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

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

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around autoritäre (IPA [aʊ̯toʁiˈtɛːʁə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,019 among 113,935 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for autoritäre, with forms such as "atuoritäre", "auotritäre", and "autoirtäre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Autorität", "autoritären", "Autoritäten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 autoritäre, spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-T-Ä-R-E.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

atuoritäre
auotritäre
autoirtäre
autoriträe
autorittäre
autoritäer
autoritärre
autoriätre
autorritäre
autortiäre
autroitäre
auttoritäre
uatoritäre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of autoritäre - 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.

Edit distance from "autoritäre"

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 "autoritäre"?

"autoritäre" is spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-T-Ä-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aʊ̯toʁiˈtɛːʁə].

What does "autoritäre" mean?

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

What words are commonly confused with "autoritäre"?

"autoritäre" is commonly confused with "Autorität", "autoritären", "Autoritäten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "autoritäre"?

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

What language does "autoritäre" come from?

"autoritäre" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Using “autoritäre”

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

The one correct German spelling is A-U-T-O-R-I-T-Ä-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [aʊ̯toʁiˈtɛːʁə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “Autorität” - see the side-by-side comparison. autoritäre vs Autorität
Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Same frequency band

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.