Which to use
“autiste” and “autistes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,881
- “autiste” frequency rank
- #18,124
- “autistes” frequency rank
- 36005
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | autiste | autistes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie une personne présentant des caractéristiques relevant de l'autisme. | Pluriel de autiste. |
Same sound, different letters: autiste vs autistes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - autiste and autistes
This is the hard kind. autiste and autistes are pronounced identically (\o.tist\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “autiste” sits inside “autistes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36005, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
autiste is recorded at frequency rank #17,881, classified as anadj, pronounced \o.tist\. autistes is at rank #18,124, tagged as anadj, pronounced \o.tist\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 36005, this pair ranks #272,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of autiste vs autistes
Shared letters: aeistu. Private to "autiste": -. Private to "autistes": -.
"autiste" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCCV · "autistes" · 8 letters · shape VVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "autiste" and "autistes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "autiste" vs "autistes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "autiste" / "autistes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "autiste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "autistes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #272,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "autiste" and "autistes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "artists vs autistes". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #272,669 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.