autant
\o.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“autant” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #310. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #310
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marque l’égalité de quantité, de valeur ou de nombre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-autant · autant · French
autant · rank #310 · 8 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #310
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH face
Nearest frequency peer: face (+1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “autant”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- peuvent
peuvent
99,695 corpus weight
- pu
pu
99,694 corpus weight
- trouver
trouver
99,693 corpus weight
- autant
autant
99,691 corpus weight
- face
face
99,690 corpus weight
- fille
fille
99,689 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “autant” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | autant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \o.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #310 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “autant” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around autant (IPA \o.tɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #310 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for autant, with forms such as "atuant", "auatnt", and "autannt". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "avant", "ayant", "Autun", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is autant, spelled A-U-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Marque l’égalité de quantité, de valeur ou de nombre.
- 2Un nombre ou une quantité également beaucoup de.
- 3Aussi bien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how autant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le rezzou comprendrait un millier d'hommes avec deux fois autant de chameaux de selle et de bât.
Il n’y a pas que les Forces armées canadiennes qui sont secouées par une grave crise de leadership à la suite d’allégations d’inconduite sexuelle à l’égard de deux chefs d’état-major en quelques semaines. Nos gouvernements le sont tout autant.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atuant
- auatnt
- autannt
- autantt
- autatn
- autnat
- auttant
- uatant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of autant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "autant", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "autant". Here's where to go from here.
- "autant" maps to 16 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "avant". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #310 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.