autiste

/\o.tist\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,881

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

autiste is anFrenchadj. It means: Qualifie une personne présentant des caractéristiques relevant de l'autisme. Pronounced \o.tist\. Often confused with autistes and artist.

Key facts for autiste
PropertyValue
Headwordautiste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\o.tist\
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,881
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for autiste is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \o.tist\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,881 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for autiste, with forms such as "atuiste", "auitste", and "autiset". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "autistes", "artist", "attise", and more, 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 autiste, spelled A-U-T-I-S-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie une personne présentant des caractéristiques relevant de l'autisme.
  2. 2
    Qualifie une personne physique ou morale qui ne perçoit pas les sentiments ou les intentions d’autrui.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atuiste,auitste,autiset,autisste,autistte,autitse,autsite,auttiste,uatiste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for autiste

Misspelling Variants of "autiste"

atuiste7auitste7autiset7autisste8autistte8autitse7autsite7auttiste8
Misspelling Variants of "autiste"

Frequency rank: #17,881 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "autiste"?
"autiste" is spelled A-U-T-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \o.tist\.
What does "autiste" mean?
As an adj, "autiste" means: Qualifie une personne présentant des caractéristiques relevant de l'autisme.
What words are commonly confused with "autiste"?
"autiste" is commonly confused with "autistes", "artist", "attise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "autiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autiste" is \o.tist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "autiste" come from?
"autiste" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.