autismo
[awˈt̪ismo]
The verdict
“autismo” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #16,018 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,018
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Trastorno que aparece en los primeros 3 años de la vida y afecta el desarrollo cerebral normal de las habilidades sociales y de comunicación. No es notable a simple vista.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autismo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [awˈt̪ismo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #16,018 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “autismo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for autismo is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [awˈt̪ismo]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,018 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Trastorno que aparece en los primeros 3 años de la vida y afecta el desarrollo cerebral normal de las habilidades sociales y de comunicación. No es notable a simple vista.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for autismo, with forms such as "atuismo", "auitsmo", and "autimso". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "autista", "abismo", "ateísmo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is autismo, spelled A-U-T-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1Trastorno que aparece en los primeros 3 años de la vida y afecta el desarrollo cerebral normal de las habilidades sociales y de comunicación. No es notable a simple vista.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atuismo,auitsmo,autimso,autismmo,autisom,autissmo,autsimo,auttismo,uatismo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of autismo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “autismo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-U-T-I-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [awˈt̪ismo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “autista” - see the side-by-side comparison. autismo vs autista
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.