astronaute

/\as.tʁɔ.not\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,300

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

astronaute is aFrenchnoun. It means: Personne qui effectue ou a effectué un vol dans l’espace extra-atmosphérique. Pronounced \as.tʁɔ.not\. Often confused with astronautes.

Key facts for astronaute
PropertyValue
Headwordastronaute
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\as.tʁɔ.not\
Letters10
Frequency rank#16,300
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of astronaute in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for astronaute is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \as.tʁɔ.not\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,300 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for astronaute, with forms such as "asrtonaute", "asstronaute", and "astornaute". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "astronautes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is astronaute, spelled A-S-T-R-O-N-A-U-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui effectue ou a effectué un vol dans l’espace extra-atmosphérique.
  2. 2
    Personne formée en vue d’un tel vol.
  3. 3
    Membre d’un vaisseau spatial américain.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asrtonaute,asstronaute,astornaute,astrnoaute,astroanute,astronatue,astronauet,astronautte,astronnaute,astronuate,astrronaute,asttronaute,atsronaute,satronaute

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for astronaute

Misspelling Variants of "astronaute"

asrtonaute10asstronaute11astornaute10astrnoaute10astroanute10astronatue10astronauet10astronautte11
Misspelling Variants of "astronaute"

Frequency rank: #16,300 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "astronaute"?
"astronaute" is spelled A-S-T-R-O-N-A-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \as.tʁɔ.not\.
What does "astronaute" mean?
As a noun, "astronaute" means: Personne qui effectue ou a effectué un vol dans l’espace extra-atmosphérique.
What words are commonly confused with "astronaute"?
"astronaute" is commonly confused with "astronautes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "astronaute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "astronaute" is \as.tʁɔ.not\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "astronaute" come from?
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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.