autosave
/ˈɔtoʊˌseɪv/noun, verb
autosave is spelled A-U-T-O-S-A-V-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, autosave means “A software facility that saves an open document (or progress in a game, etc.) periodically to avoid the risk of data loss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of autosave is autosaves.
How many letters and syllables are in autosave?
| Letters | 8: A-U-T-O-S-A-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 154,067th 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 autosave?
Autosave appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th 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 autosave?
- UK /ˈɔːtəʊˌseɪv/
- US /ˈɔtoʊˌseɪv/
- US /ˈɑtoʊ-/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-autosave.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of autosave
- autosaves plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- auto-save
- autosaving participle, present
- autosaved participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does autosave mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A software facility that saves an open document (or progress in a game, etc.) periodically to avoid the risk of data loss.
Thanks to autosave, I was able to recover most of my unsaved thesis after a power cut.
- 2
A copy of a file or document saved automatically by such a facility.
Only the three most recent autosaves are preserved, to save disk space.
verb
- 1
To save (data) automatically.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does autosave come from?
From auto- + save.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).