automatic
\ˌɔː.tə.ˈmæt.ɪk\
The verdict
“automatic” is uncommon French (frequency #57,772 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,772
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Automatique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-automatic · automatic · French
automatic · rank #57,772 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,772
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Aue
Nearest frequency peer: Aue (-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 « automatic »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- attirants
attirants
42,232 corpus weight
- Aubigny
Aubigny
42,231 corpus weight
- Aue
Aue
42,230 corpus weight
- automatic
automatic
42,229 corpus weight
- Auxois
Auxois
42,228 corpus weight
- baladais
baladais
42,226 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « automatic » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | automatic |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˌɔː.tə.ˈmæt.ɪk\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,772 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « automatic » en français
Rare enough to double-check
automatic is uncommon French at frequency #57,772 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˌɔː.tə.ˈmæt.ɪk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for automatic, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is automatic, spelled A-U-T-O-M-A-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Automatique.
- 2Automatique.
- 3Semi-automatique, automatique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how automatic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The automatic door opened when I arrived.
Automatic transmission.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).