autostrade
\o.to.stʁad\
The verdict
“autostrade” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autoroute.
Corpus desk
Index FR-autostrade · autostrade · French
autostrade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autostrade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o.to.stʁad\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « autostrade » en français
Rare enough to double-check
autostrade is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \o.to.stʁad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autoroute.".
No misspelling variants are generated for autostrade in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is autostrade, spelled A-U-T-O-S-T-R-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Autoroute.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how autostrade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’Italie promet son aide à l’Angleterre pour que cette dernière obtienne enfin la concession du barrage du Lac Tana et d’un autostrade (motor road) du Lac au Soudan anglo-égyptien.
Jusqu’au dernier jour, il lui reste la possibilité de se suicider en se lançant contre une automobile sur quelque autostrade et, si le cœur lui dit, il peut même choisir pour lieu de cette expérience un pont qui corsera son action sublime d’une belle noyade.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.