co-autrice

\ko.o.tʁis\

/\ko.o.tʁis\/ noun

The verdict

“co-autrice” 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) - Autrice d’un ouvrage réalisé en collaboration.

Corpus desk

Index FR-co-autrice · co-autrice · French

co-autrice · 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 "C" 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.

Key facts for co-autrice
PropertyValue
Headwordco-autrice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ko.o.tʁis\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « co-autrice » en français

co-autricen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

co-autrice is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ko.o.tʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for co-autrice, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is co-autrice, spelled C-O---A-U-T-R-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Autrice d’un ouvrage réalisé en collaboration.
  2. 2
    Celle qui est à l’origine de quelque chose en collaboration avec une autre personne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’académicienne Danièle Sallenave, co-autrice du rapport sur la féminisation des métiers, en explique la philosophie sur franceinfo.
  2. Maintenant qu’elle siège au 10, Downing Street, son discours « va devenir national dans la seule idéologie du parti, recontextualise Agnès Alexandre-Collier, professeure à l’université de Bourgogne et co-autrice de Les partis politiques en Grande-Bretagne (Armand Colin). Une fois en place, la realpolitik et les faits vous rattrapent. ».

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "co-autrice"?
"co-autrice" is spelled C-O---A-U-T-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ko.o.tʁis\.
What does "co-autrice" mean?
As a noun, "co-autrice" means: Autrice d’un ouvrage réalisé en collaboration.
How do you pronounce "co-autrice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "co-autrice" is \ko.o.tʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "co-autrice" come from?
"co-autrice" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list