autorité

\o.tɔ.ʁi.te\

/\o.tɔ.ʁi.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“autorité” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,506. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,506
frequency rank, French
424,905
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pouvoir ou droit de commander, d’obliger quelqu’un à quelque chose.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

autorité vs autrice
63% similar
autorité vs autorités
89% similar
autorité vs autoroute
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for autorité
PropertyValue
Headwordautorité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\o.tɔ.ʁi.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,506
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “autorité” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). autorité lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around autorité (IPA \o.tɔ.ʁi.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,506 among 424,905 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for autorité, with forms such as "atuorité", "auotrité", and "autoirté". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "autrice", "autorités", "autoroute", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is autorité, spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pouvoir ou droit de commander, d’obliger quelqu’un à quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Administration, gouvernement considéré principalement dans ses rapports avec les citoyens.
  3. 3
    Crédit, considération, influence sur les personnes et sur les choses.
  4. 4
    Capacité d’expliquer et de convaincre.
  5. 5
    Écrit ou personnage important qui fait référence, dont on rapporte les dires pour appuyer une position.
  6. 6
    Les magistrats, les hauts fonctionnaires chargés d’une partie quelconque de l’administration publique.
  7. 7
    (Sciences de l’information) Identification non-ambiguë d'une personne ou d'un concept, permettant d’en faciliter la recherche dans les bases de données.

This word in other languages

authority(English)autoridad(Español)Macht(Deutsch)autoridade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atuorité,auotrité,autoirté,autorite,autoritté,autoriét,autorrité,autortié,autroité,auttorité,uatorité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of autorité - 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.

atuorité2auotrité2autoirté2autorite1autoritté1autoriét2autorrité1autortié2
Edit distance from "autorité"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "autorité"?
"autorité" is spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \o.tɔ.ʁi.te\.
What does "autorité" mean?
As a noun, "autorité" means: Pouvoir ou droit de commander, d’obliger quelqu’un à quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "autorité"?
"autorité" is commonly confused with "autrice", "autorités", "autoroute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "autorité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autorité" is \o.tɔ.ʁi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "autorité" come from?
"autorité" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “autorité”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-U-T-O-R-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \o.tɔ.ʁi.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “autrice” - see the side-by-side comparison. autorité vs autrice
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Same frequency band

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list