autoroutes

\o.to.ʁut\

/\o.to.ʁut\/ noun

The verdict

“autoroutes” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,788. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,788
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de autoroute.

Corpus desk

Index FR-autoroutes · autoroutes · French

autoroutes · rank #9,788 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,788
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH audace

Nearest frequency peer: audace (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « autoroutes »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « autoroutes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

autoroutes vs autoroutier
82% similar
autoroutes vs autoroutiers
83% similar
autoroutes vs autorités
70% similar

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

Key facts for autoroutes
PropertyValue
Headwordautoroutes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\o.to.ʁut\
Letters10
Frequency rank#9,788
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « autoroutes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.autoroutesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « audace » (#9,787), « berceau » (#9,789), « attribuée » (#9,786). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « autoroutes » est au #9,788. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around autoroutes (IPA \o.to.ʁut\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,788 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de autoroute.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for autoroutes, with forms such as "atuoroutes", "auotroutes", and "autoorutes". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "autoroutier", "autoroutiers", "autorités", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is autoroutes, spelled A-U-T-O-R-O-U-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de autoroute.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Hier encore, alors que les démantèlements de camps de manifestants se poursuivaient aux quatre coins du pays, plusieurs centaines d’irréductibles s’employaient à réinvestir les points de blocages (autoroutes, péages, carrefours…) qui avaient été évacués.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atuoroutes
  • auotroutes
  • autoorutes
  • autorotues
  • autorouets
  • autoroutess
  • autoroutse
  • autorouttes
  • autorroutes
  • autoruotes
  • autrooutes
  • auttoroutes
  • uatoroutes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of autoroutes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

atuoroutes2auotroutes2autoorutes2autorotues2autorouets2autoroutess1autoroutse2autorouttes1
Edit distance from "autoroutes"

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 "autoroutes"?
"autoroutes" is spelled A-U-T-O-R-O-U-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \o.to.ʁut\.
What does "autoroutes" mean?
As a noun, "autoroutes" means: Pluriel de autoroute.
What words are commonly confused with "autoroutes"?
"autoroutes" is commonly confused with "autoroutier", "autoroutiers", "autorités". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "autoroutes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autoroutes" is \o.to.ʁut\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "autoroutes" come from?
"autoroutes" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "autoroutes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list