autosatisfaction

\o.to.sa.tis.fak.sjɔ̃\

/\o.to.sa.tis.fak.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“autosatisfaction” is uncommon French (frequency #76,335 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,335
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentiment de contentement au regard de sa situation, de ses propres réalisations.

Corpus desk

Index FR-autosatisfaction · autosatisfaction · French

autosatisfaction · rank #76,335 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,335
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH autoproclamée

Nearest frequency peer: autoproclamée (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « autosatisfaction »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « autosatisfaction » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for autosatisfaction
PropertyValue
Headwordautosatisfaction
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\o.to.sa.tis.fak.sjɔ̃\
Letters16
Frequency rank#76,335
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « autosatisfaction » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.autosatisfactiontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « autoproclamée » (#76,334), « avalez » (#76,336), « avenirs » (#76,337). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « autosatisfaction » est au #76,335. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

autosatisfaction is uncommon French at frequency #76,335 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \o.to.sa.tis.fak.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sentiment de contentement au regard de sa situation, de ses propres réalisations.".

Zero misspellings are on record for autosatisfaction in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is autosatisfaction, spelled A-U-T-O-S-A-T-I-S-F-A-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sentiment de contentement au regard de sa situation, de ses propres réalisations.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle fait preuve d’autosatisfaction.
  2. Et c’est sur le même mode qu’en une heure et demie à la tribune il a alterné autosatisfaction et componction pour tenter d’en finir avec les reproches d’arrogance de plus en plus récurrents qui commencent à lui ternir l’image et les sondages.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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 "autosatisfaction"?
"autosatisfaction" is spelled A-U-T-O-S-A-T-I-S-F-A-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \o.to.sa.tis.fak.sjɔ̃\.
What does "autosatisfaction" mean?
As a noun, "autosatisfaction" means: Sentiment de contentement au regard de sa situation, de ses propres réalisations.
How do you pronounce "autosatisfaction"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autosatisfaction" is \o.to.sa.tis.fak.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "autosatisfaction" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list