autonome

/\ɔ.tɔ.nɔm\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,909

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

autonome is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui se dirige ou se contrôle soi-même. Pronounced \ɔ.tɔ.nɔm\. It ranks #4,909 in French word frequency. Often confused with autonomie and autonomes.

Key facts for autonome
PropertyValue
Headwordautonome
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ɔ.tɔ.nɔm\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,909
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of autonome in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for autonome is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔ.tɔ.nɔm\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,909 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for autonome, with forms such as "atuonome", "auotnome", and "autnoome". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "autonomie", "autonomes", "agronome", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is autonome, spelled A-U-T-O-N-O-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui se dirige ou se contrôle soi-même.
  2. 2
    Organisation qui peut prendre ses propres décisions.
  3. 3
    Se dit de l’exploitation d’une unité fonctionnelle lorsqu’elle n’est pas placée sous la commande directe de l’ordinateur. La définition ainsi que les termes autonome, hors ligne et en non connecté furent normalisés d’abord par l’ISO/CÉI ISO 2382-10:1979, et repris par l’ISO/CÉI ISO 2382-1:1993.
  4. 4
    Se dit d’un matériel lorsqu’il fonctionne indépendamment de tout autre : par exemple un poste de travail déconnecté de l’Internet.
  5. 5
    Relatif au mouvement autonome.
  6. 6
    Pour un véhicule, se dit d'un véhicule qui peut se mouvoir sans conducteur.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atuonome,auotnome,autnoome,autonmoe,autonnome,autonoem,autonomme,autoonme,auttonome,uatonome

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for autonome

Misspelling Variants of "autonome"

atuonome8auotnome8autnoome8autonmoe8autonnome9autonoem8autonomme9autoonme8
Misspelling Variants of "autonome"

Frequency rank: #4,909 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "autonome"?
"autonome" is spelled A-U-T-O-N-O-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.tɔ.nɔm\.
What does "autonome" mean?
As an adj, "autonome" means: Qui se dirige ou se contrôle soi-même.
What words are commonly confused with "autonome"?
"autonome" is commonly confused with "autonomie", "autonomes", "agronome". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "autonome"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autonome" is \ɔ.tɔ.nɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "autonome" come from?
"autonome" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.