autruches

\o.tʁyʃ\

/\o.tʁyʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“autruches” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,928. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,928
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-autruches · autruches · French

autruches · rank #48,928 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,928
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aure

Nearest frequency peer: Aure (-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 « autruches »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « autruches » 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).

autruches vs Autriche
67% similar
autruches vs autruche
89% similar

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

Key facts for autruches
PropertyValue
Headwordautruches
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\o.tʁyʃ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#48,928
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « autruches »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).autruchesse 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 « Aure » (#48,927), « avantager » (#48,929), « attrapent » (#48,926). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « autruches » est au #48,928. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around autruches (IPA \o.tʁyʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,928 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de autruche.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for autruches, with forms such as "aturuches", "aurtuches", and "autrcuhes". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Autriche", "autruche", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 autruches, spelled A-U-T-R-U-C-H-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de autruche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il y avait là des autruches, des gazelles, une girafe et, pêle-mêle, des renards fénecs, des léopards, et même un lion !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aturuches
  • aurtuches
  • autrcuhes
  • autrruches
  • autrucches
  • autrucehs
  • autruchess
  • autruchhes
  • autruchse
  • autruhces
  • auttruches
  • auturches
  • uatruches

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of autruches - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aturuches2aurtuches2autrcuhes2autrruches1autrucches1autrucehs2autruchess1autruchhes1
Edit distance from "autruches"

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 "autruches"?
"autruches" is spelled A-U-T-R-U-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \o.tʁyʃ\.
What does "autruches" mean?
As a noun, "autruches" means: Pluriel de autruche.
What words are commonly confused with "autruches"?
"autruches" is commonly confused with "Autriche", "autruche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "autruches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autruches" is \o.tʁyʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "autruches" come from?
"autruches" 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 "autruches", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

avantager#48,929attrapent#48,926benedetto#48,939analysons#48,910

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list