auto-satisfait
\ɔ.to.sa.tis.fɛ\
The verdict
“auto-satisfait” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de auto-satisfaire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | auto-satisfait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɔ.to.sa.tis.fɛ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “auto-satisfait” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for auto-satisfait is 14 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔ.to.sa.tis.fɛ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for auto-satisfait in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is auto-satisfait, spelled A-U-T-O---S-A-T-I-S-F-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Participe passé masculin singulier de auto-satisfaire.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de auto-satisfaire.
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.
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Using “auto-satisfait”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-U-T-O---S-A-T-I-S-F-A-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔ.to.sa.tis.fɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.