autoriser
\o.to.ʁi.ze\
The verdict
“autoriser” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,658. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,658
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Revêtir d’une autorité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-autoriser · autoriser · French
autoriser · rank #7,658 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,658
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH automobiles
Nearest frequency peer: automobiles (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “autoriser”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- attraction
attraction
92,346 corpus weight
- aurions
aurions
92,345 corpus weight
- automobiles
automobiles
92,344 corpus weight
- autoriser
autoriser
92,343 corpus weight
- Auvergne
Auvergne
92,342 corpus weight
- avortement
avortement
92,341 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “autoriser” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autoriser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \o.to.ʁi.ze\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,658 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “autoriser” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around autoriser (IPA \o.to.ʁi.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,658 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for autoriser, with forms such as "atuoriser", "auotriser", and "autoirser". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "autorité", "autorités", "autorisez", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is autoriser, spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Revêtir d’une autorité.
- 2Mettre en droit de faire une chose, en fournir un motif, un prétexte.
- 3Accorder le pouvoir, la faculté, la permission de faire quelque chose.
- 4Permettre la commercialisation.
- 5Prendre droit ou prétexter de faire quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how autoriser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’était le Roi qui autorisait les magistrats.
— Les coutumes s’autorisent par le temps et acquièrent force de loi.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atuoriser
- auotriser
- autoirser
- autoriesr
- autoriserr
- autorisre
- autorisser
- autorriser
- autorsier
- autroiser
- auttoriser
- uatoriser
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of autoriser - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "autoriser", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "autoriser" maps to 8 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "autorité". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,658 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.