autoridade

\aw.tu.ɾi.dˈa.dɨ\

/\aw.tu.ɾi.dˈa.dɨ\/ noun

The verdict

“autoridade” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autorité, pouvoir ou droit de commander, d’obliger quelqu’un à quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-autoridade · autoridade · French

autoridade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for autoridade
PropertyValue
Headwordautoridade
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aw.tu.ɾi.dˈa.dɨ\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « autoridade » en français

autoridaden'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

autoridade is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aw.tu.ɾi.dˈa.dɨ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for autoridade in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is autoridade, spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-D-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Autorité, pouvoir ou droit de commander, d’obliger quelqu’un à quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Autorité, administration, gouvernement considéré principalement dans ses rapports avec les citoyens.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Não se negociava. Se você fosse homem, seria o chefe da família e teria autoridade decisória; como mulher, você deveria obedecer.
  2. Entretanto, a 28 de abril, a Ransdoc anunciava uma coleta de aproximadamente oito mil ratos, e a ansiedade atingiu o auge. Exigiam-se medidas radicais, acusavam-se as autoridades, e alguns que tinham casa à beira-mar já falavam em retirar-se para lá.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "autoridade"?
"autoridade" is spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-D-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \aw.tu.ɾi.dˈa.dɨ\.
What does "autoridade" mean?
As a noun, "autoridade" means: Autorité, pouvoir ou droit de commander, d’obliger quelqu’un à quelque chose.
How do you pronounce "autoridade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autoridade" is \aw.tu.ɾi.dˈa.dɨ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "autoridade" come from?
"autoridade" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list