autopoiesis
/ˌɔːtəʊpɔɪˈiːsɪs/noun
autopoiesis is spelled A-U-T-O-P-O-I-E-S-I-S: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, autopoiesis means “Self-creation; self-organization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in autopoiesis?
| Letters | 11: A-U-T-O-P-O-I-E-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 41 million words; the 196,618th 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 autopoiesis?
Autopoiesis appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th 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).
How do you pronounce autopoiesis?
- /ˌɔːtəʊpɔɪˈiːsɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-autopoiesis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does autopoiesis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Self-creation; self-organization.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Autopoiesis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense self-creation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | autopoïèse |
| German | Autopoiesis |
| Portuguese | autopoiese |
| Spanish | autopoiesis |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does autopoiesis come from?
Coined in 1972 by Chilean biologists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela, from auto- + -poiesis. (see also Ancient Greek αὐτόποιος (autópoios, “self-produced”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).