autofocus
\o.to.fɔ.kys\
The verdict
“autofocus” is uncommon French (frequency #71,261 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,261
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dispositif de mise au point automatique de certains systèmes optiques comme sur un appareil photo, permettant de régler la netteté du sujet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-autofocus · autofocus · French
autofocus · rank #71,261 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,261
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH auscultation
Nearest frequency peer: auscultation (-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 « autofocus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- atténuant
atténuant
28,743 corpus weight
- atténuante
atténuante
28,742 corpus weight
- auscultation
auscultation
28,741 corpus weight
- autofocus
autofocus
28,740 corpus weight
- avertisseurs
avertisseurs
28,738 corpus weight
- avit
avit
28,737 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « autofocus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autofocus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o.to.fɔ.kys\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,261 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « autofocus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
autofocus is uncommon French at frequency #71,261 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \o.to.fɔ.kys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dispositif de mise au point automatique de certains systèmes optiques comme sur un appareil photo, permettant de régler la netteté du sujet.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for autofocus in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is autofocus, spelled A-U-T-O-F-O-C-U-S.
Definition
- 1Dispositif de mise au point automatique de certains systèmes optiques comme sur un appareil photo, permettant de régler la netteté du sujet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how autofocus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sony a développé cette technologie pour trouver une solution aux problèmes d’autofocus que rencontraient les reflex en Live View (visée à l’écran) et en vidéo.
Les gamins scrutaient les berges, à la recherche de ragondins, les femmes souriaient, heureuses, et les hommes, l’œil collé à l’autofocus ou au camescope, fixaient cette réalité recadrée dans une éternité de pellicule.
This word in other languages
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.
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