Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autocorrection

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables
au-to-cor-rec-tion
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An automatic correction, especially of text in a word processor.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From auto- + correction.

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Questions

What does autocorrection mean?
An automatic correction, especially of text in a word processor.
Where does autocorrection come from?
From auto- + correction.

How to pronounce autocorrection

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