autofiction
French, noun/o.tɔ.fik.sjɔ̃/
autofiction is spelled A-U-T-O-F-I-C-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 77,345th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autofiction is a French feminine noun meaning “faction (blend of fact and fiction)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de roman où l’auteur s'inspire fortement de sa propre vie, pouvant confiner à l’autobiographie romancée”.
What does autofiction mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefaction (blend of fact and fiction)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de roman où l’auteur s'inspire fortement de sa propre vie, pouvant confiner à l’autobiographie romancée.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of autofiction
- autofictions plural
- auto-fiction rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autofiction?
- /o.tɔ.fik.sjɔ̃/
- /ɔ.tɔ.fik.sjɔ̃/
- \o.to.fik.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is autofiction in French?
autofiction appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).