autruche

Name: autruche, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\o.tʁyʃ\

/\o.tʁyʃ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“autruche” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,107. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,107
frequency rank, French: 6,727
“A” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plus grand oiseau actuel, à cou très long, inapte au vol en raison de l’atrophie de ses ailes et de l’absence d’un bréchet, mais aux pattes puissantes lui conférant une haute rapidité à la course, ...

Corpus desk

Index FR-autruche · autruche · French

autruche · rank #23,107 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #23,107
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,727
PHOTO-FINISH autodidacte

Nearest frequency peer: autodidacte (-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.

archers

76,897
audiovisuel…

76,896
autodidacte

76,895
autruche

76,894
aventurer

76,893
avouez

76,892

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

autruche vs autruches

89% similar

autruche vs autrice

75% similar

autruche vs Autriche

75% similar

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

Key facts for autruche
Property	Value
Headword	autruche
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\o.tʁyʃ\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#23,107
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « autruche »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).autruchese place ici:

#23,107

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « autodidacte » (#23,106), « aventurer » (#23,108), « audiovisuelle » (#23,105). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « autruche » est au #23,107. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around autruche (IPA \o.tʁyʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,107 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for autruche, with forms such as "aturuche", "aurtuche", and "autrcuhe". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "autruches", "autrice", "Autriche", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is autruche, spelled A-U-T-R-U-C-H-E.

Definition

1
Plus grand oiseau actuel, à cou très long, inapte au vol en raison de l’atrophie de ses ailes et de l’absence d’un bréchet, mais aux pattes puissantes lui conférant une haute rapidité à la course, et endémique à l’Afrique.
2
Viande de l’oiseau.
3
Peau tannée de l’oiseau.
4
Grand mangeur.
5
Personne qui fait exprès de ne pas voir un danger qui le menace et dont il ne veut pas se soucier. → voir politique de l’autruche

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Il la découvrit d’un mouvement brusque. Alors elle sentit bien qu’elle ne pouvait plus résister. Obéissant à une pudeur d’autruche, elle cacha sa figure dans ses mains et cessa de se défendre.
Il y avait là des autruches, des gazelles, une girafe et, pêle-mêle, des renards fénecs, des léopards, et même un lion !

This word in other languages

ostrich(English)avestruz(Español)Strauß(Deutsch)avestruz(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

aturuche
aurtuche
autrcuhe
autrruche
autrucche
autruceh
autruchhe
autruhce
auttruche
auturche
uatruche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "autruche"

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 "autruche"?

"autruche" is spelled A-U-T-R-U-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \o.tʁyʃ\.

What does "autruche" mean?

As a noun, "autruche" means: Plus grand oiseau actuel, à cou très long, inapte au vol en raison de l’atrophie de ses ailes et de l’absence d’un bréchet, mais aux pattes puissantes lui conférant une haute rapidité à la course, ...

What words are commonly confused with "autruche"?

"autruche" is commonly confused with "autruches", "autrice", "Autriche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "autruche"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autruche" is \o.tʁyʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "autruche" come from?

"autruche" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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