Autos
[ˈaʊ̯tos]
The verdict
“Autos” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #1,314 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,314
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Auto
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Autos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯tos] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Autos” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Autos is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯tos]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,314 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Autos, with forms such as "atuos", "auots", and "autoss". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aus", "aut", "Auto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Autos, spelled A-U-T-O-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Auto
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Auto
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Auto
- 4Dativ Plural des Substantivs Auto
- 5Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Auto
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atuos,auots,autoss,autso,auttos,uatos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Autos - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “Autos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-T-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaʊ̯tos] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “aus” - see the side-by-side comparison. Autos vs aus
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.