autocar

\o.to.kaʁ\

/\o.to.kaʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“autocar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,456. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,456
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Véhicule de transport, pouvant compter jusqu’à une cinquantaine de places assises, qui effectue soit du transport en commun sur des lignes régulières, soit du transport scolaire, soit du transport ...

Corpus desk

Index FR-autocar · autocar · French

autocar · rank #23,456 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,456
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH auch

Nearest frequency peer: auch (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « autocar »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « autocar » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

autocar vs autour
71% similar
autocar vs autocars
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for autocar
PropertyValue
Headwordautocar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\o.to.kaʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,456
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « autocar »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).autocarse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « auch » (#23,455), « autographes » (#23,457), « Atlantis » (#23,454). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « autocar » est au #23,456. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around autocar (IPA \o.to.kaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,456 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Véhicule de transport, pouvant compter jusqu’à une cinquantaine de places assises, qui effectue soit du transport en commun sur des lignes régulières, soit du transport scolaire, soit du transport ...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for autocar, with forms such as "atuocar", "auotcar", and "autcoar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "autour", "autocars", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 autocar, spelled A-U-T-O-C-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Véhicule de transport, pouvant compter jusqu’à une cinquantaine de places assises, qui effectue soit du transport en commun sur des lignes régulières, soit du transport scolaire, soit du transport de touristes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how autocar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. J’ai fermé ma gueule, mais je vous l’affirme, inspecteur, quand il est monté dans l’autocar, ce n’était plus ce vieux marqué par trente ans de zonzon, mais un mec tout neuf.
  2. Si vous êtes handicapée mentale et domiciliée dans l’’Yonne, Émile Louis vous emmène faire un tour dans son autocar.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atuocar
  • auotcar
  • autcoar
  • autoacr
  • autocarr
  • autoccar
  • autocra
  • auttocar
  • uatocar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of autocar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

atuocar2auotcar2autcoar2autoacr2autocarr1autoccar1autocra2auttocar1
Edit distance from "autocar"

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 "autocar"?
"autocar" is spelled A-U-T-O-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \o.to.kaʁ\.
What does "autocar" mean?
As a noun, "autocar" means: Véhicule de transport, pouvant compter jusqu’à une cinquantaine de places assises, qui effectue soit du transport en commun sur des lignes régulières, soit du transport scolaire, soit du transport ...
What words are commonly confused with "autocar"?
"autocar" is commonly confused with "autour", "autocars". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "autocar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autocar" is \o.to.kaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "autocar" come from?
"autocar" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "autocar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list