autosatisfaction
\o.to.sa.tis.fak.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“autosatisfaction” is uncommon French (frequency #76,335 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,335
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sentiment de contentement au regard de sa situation, de ses propres réalisations.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autosatisfaction |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o.to.sa.tis.fak.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #76,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “autosatisfaction” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
autosatisfaction is uncommon French at frequency #76,335 among 424,905 “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
- 1Sentiment de contentement au regard de sa situation, de ses propres réalisations.
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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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Using “autosatisfaction”
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- The one correct French spelling is A-U-T-O-S-A-T-I-S-F-A-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.