autor
"autor" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“autor” is uncommon English (frequency #87,044 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,044
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete form of author.
Corpus desk
Index EN-autor · autor · English
autor · rank #87,044 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,044
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH auric
Nearest frequency peer: auric (-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 “autor”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Arvid
Arvid
12,968 corpus weight
- assignation
assignation
12,965 corpus weight
- attenuator
attenuator
12,960 corpus weight
- auric
auric
12,958 corpus weight
- autor
autor
12,957 corpus weight
- Baphomet
Baphomet
12,949 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “autor” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #87,044 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “autor” in English
Rare enough to double-check
autor is uncommon English at frequency #87,044 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obsolete form of author.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for autor in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is autor, spelled A-U-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Obsolete form of author.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how autor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Iohan Baptiſt than ſheweth a reaſon, why he ſaide, that the lord Ieſus was before him, bicauſe, ſaieth he, he was my firſt, that is to ſaye, my prince, my head, my autor, my maker.
VVhereby first, note with me, the goodnes of our God toward vs, who ſeeing that we wil not shun plaies for anie dehortations of his godlie Preachers, who daie by daie in al places of greatest reſort denounce the vengeance of GOD to them, be they hie or lowe, that fauor plaies, Theaters, or plaiers, ſtirreth vp the verie Autors themſelues to inueigh agains…
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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