automat
/ˈɔtəmæt/
"automat" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“automat” is uncommon English (frequency #95,709 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,709
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A vending machine for food.
Corpus desk
Index EN-automat · automat · English
automat · rank #95,709 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,709
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Aurelian
Nearest frequency peer: Aurelian (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “automat”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- atomically
atomically
4,298 corpus weight
- atrazine
atrazine
4,297 corpus weight
- atrociously
atrociously
4,296 corpus weight
- Aurelian
Aurelian
4,293 corpus weight
- automat
automat
4,292 corpus weight
- Azzurri
Azzurri
4,286 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “automat” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | automat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɔtəmæt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,709 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “automat” in English
Rare enough to double-check
automat is uncommon English at frequency #95,709 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɔtəmæt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for automat in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Automat, as the system was originally developed in Germany in the late 19th c. Doublet of automaton. The correct English form is automat, spelled A-U-T-O-M-A-T.
Definition
- 1A vending machine for food.
- 2A cafeteria consisting of vending machines.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how automat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
People from all levels of society ate in Automats at least occasionally. Movies often cast their cosmopolitan stars dropping coins in Horn & Hardart's slots, and tourists felt compelled to visit an Automat.
The Automat, whose gleaming chrome-and-glass machines brought high-tech eating to a low-tech era, has gulped down its last coin and served up its last helping of macaroni, baked beans and kaiser rolls. The last Automat in the country, in midtown Manhattan, closed on Tuesday, a victim of changing eating habits. […] There were 30 Automats in New York when M…
Etymology
Borrowed from German Automat, as the system was originally developed in Germany in the late 19th c. Doublet of automaton.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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