authrice
\o.tʁis\
The verdict
“authrice” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de autrice.
Corpus desk
Index FR-authrice · authrice · French
authrice · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | authrice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o.tʁis\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « authrice » en français
Rare enough to double-check
authrice is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \o.tʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de autrice.".
Zero misspellings are on record for authrice in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is authrice, spelled A-U-T-H-R-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de autrice.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how authrice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] les enfans, & les femmes qui ſont d’autant plus curieuſes de voir & faire cõtre ce qu’il leur a eſté deffendu, ainſi qu’Eue prenant du fruict, & la femme de Loth regardãt derriere elle, auſſi ont elles ce grand deſir de commander, à cauſe qu’il leur a eſté defendu de Dieu, mais les hommes ne le voulant endurer (comme ce n’eſt pas la raiſon) il ſe fait…
Divine enchanteresse, ne seriez-vous point l’authrice du charme qui me détient en langueur, et pour qui la force des remedes est impuissante ?
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.