autism
\ˈɔ.ˌtɪ.zəm\
The verdict
“autism” is uncommon French (frequency #95,570 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,570
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autisme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-autism · autism · French
autism · rank #95,570 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,570
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH aurochs
Nearest frequency peer: aurochs (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « autism »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Auffray
Auffray
4,435 corpus weight
- aulus
aulus
4,433 corpus weight
- aurochs
aurochs
4,432 corpus weight
- autism
autism
4,431 corpus weight
- autocrates
autocrates
4,430 corpus weight
- avertira
avertira
4,428 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « autism » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autism |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɔ.ˌtɪ.zəm\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « autism » en français
Rare enough to double-check
autism is uncommon French at frequency #95,570 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɔ.ˌtɪ.zəm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autisme.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for autism, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is autism, spelled A-U-T-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1Autisme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how autism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Online, the idea that autism and ADHD can coexist is so widely accepted that it has spawned its own label – “AuDHD” – and a groundswell of people who say they recognise its oxymoronic nature, perpetual internal war and rollercoaster of needs.
The wide range of percentages here underscores how much more research needs to be done if we’re to fully grasp the depth of the connection between ADHD and autism.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "autism"?
What does "autism" mean?
How do you pronounce "autism"?
What language does "autism" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "autism", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).