Which to use
“autorités” and “autoroutes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,849
- “autorités” frequency rank
- #9,788
- “autoroutes” frequency rank
- 11637
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | autorités | autoroutes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de autorité. | Pluriel de autoroute. |
Where the eye mixes autorités and autoroutes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. autorités runs 9 letters (VVCVCVCVC) against autoroutes's 10 (VVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between autorités and autoroutes
A purely visual mix-up. autorités (\ɔ.tɔ.ʁi.te\) and autoroutes (\o.to.ʁut\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11637, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
autorités is recorded at frequency rank #1,849, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.tɔ.ʁi.te\. autoroutes is at rank #9,788, tagged as anoun, pronounced \o.to.ʁut\.
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 11637, this pair ranks #408,398 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of autorités vs autoroutes
Shared letters: aorstu. Private to "autorités": ié. Private to "autoroutes": e.
"autorités" · 9 letters · shape VVCVCVCVC · "autoroutes" · 10 letters · shape VVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- autoroutes ← atuoroutes · auotroutes · autoorutes · autorotues · autorouets · autoroutess · autoroutse · autorouttes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "autorités" for "autoroutes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "autorités" vs "autoroutes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "autorités" and "autoroutes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "autorités" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "autoroutes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #408,398 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "autorités" and "autoroutes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "autoroutes vs autoroutiers". 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 #408,398 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.