autobiography

/ˌɔː.tə.baɪˈɒɡ.ɹə.fi/

//ˌɔː.tə.baɪˈɒɡ.ɹə.fi// noun

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"autobiography" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“autobiography” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,372. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,372
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.

Corpus desk

Index EN-autobiography · autobiography · English

autobiography · rank #12,372 · 19 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,372
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH av

Nearest frequency peer: av (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “autobiography”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “autobiography” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for autobiography
PropertyValue
Headwordautobiography
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˌɔː.tə.baɪˈɒɡ.ɹə.fi/
Letters13
Frequency rank#12,372
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “autobiography”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).autobiographylands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “av” (#12,373), “await” (#12,374), “attic” (#12,369). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “autobiography” is #12,372. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around autobiography (IPA /ˌɔː.tə.baɪˈɒɡ.ɹə.fi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,372 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for autobiography, with forms such as "atuobiography", "auotbiography", and "autboiography". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From auto- + biography. The correct English form is autobiography, spelled A-U-T-O-B-I-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
  2. 2
    Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Autobiography […] inevitably consists mainly of extinctions of the truth, shirkings of the truth, partial revealments of the truth, with hardly an instance of plain straight truth […]
  2. Here I was interrupted, as I'm so often interrupted when giving my views on the Yeoman's Wedding Song, by her saying that she was dying to hear all about it but would rather wait till she could get it in my autobiography.

Etymology

From auto- + biography.

Synonyms

memoirlife story

Antonyms

heterobiography

This word in other languages

autobiografía(Español)autobiographie(Français)Autobiografie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atuobiography
  • auotbiography
  • autboiography
  • autobbiography
  • autobigoraphy
  • autobiogarphy
  • autobioggraphy
  • autobiograhpy
  • autobiographhy
  • autobiographyy
  • autobiograpphy
  • autobiograpyh
  • autobiogrpahy
  • autobiogrraphy
  • autobiorgaphy
  • autoboigraphy
  • autoibography
  • auttobiography
  • uatobiography

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

atuobiography2auotbiography2autboiography2autobbiography1autobigoraphy2autobiogarphy2autobioggraphy1autobiograhpy2
Edit distance from "autobiography"

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "autobiography"?
"autobiography" is spelled A-U-T-O-B-I-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˌɔː.tə.baɪˈɒɡ.ɹə.fi/.
What does "autobiography" mean?
As a noun, "autobiography" means: A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
What are common misspellings of "autobiography"?
Common misspellings include "atuobiography", "auotbiography", "autboiography", "autobbiography", "autobigoraphy". The correct spelling is "autobiography".
How do you pronounce "autobiography"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autobiography" is /ˌɔː.tə.baɪˈɒɡ.ɹə.fi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "autobiography"?
From auto- + biography. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list