autochrome
noun
autochrome is spelled A-U-T-O-C-H-R-O-M-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, autochrome means “An early photograph produced by means of a glass plate coated on one side with a random mosaic of microscopic dyed grains of potato starch under…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of autochrome is autochromes.
How many letters and syllables are in autochrome?
| Letters | 10: A-U-T-O-C-H-R-O-M-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 44 million words; the 204,233rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is autochrome?
Autochrome appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of autochrome
- autochromes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does autochrome mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An early photograph produced by means of a glass plate coated on one side with a random mosaic of microscopic dyed grains of potato starch under silver halide emulsion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does autochrome come from?
From auto- + -chrome.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).