Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autocorrupt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-to-cor-rupt
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An autocorrect feature which inadvertently introduces new errors into the writer's text.

Derogatory; Humorous; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Autocorrupt fails to autocorrect "Autocorrect" to "Autocorrupt". :D"
"As for the embarrassing typos? It is easy enough to make those on a computer without "autocorrupt". Embarrassing miscorrections are pretty rare. It is just that when they do occur, they tend to get packaged into viral images and shared widely."
"Thank's autocorrupt."
"Yeah. This iPad I use for araa allows me to see 8 lines--*maybe*--of a post I am replying to. (Fully have of the screen is filled with the keyboard.) I have to stop typing and scroll downward every time I think I *might* have made a typo. And don't get me started on autocorrupt."

Etymology

From auto- + corrupt, jokingly implying that the writer had meant to type autocorrect.

Usage

Synonyms

autofail

Questions

What does autocorrupt mean?: An autocorrect feature which inadvertently introduces new errors into the writer's text.
Where does autocorrupt come from?: From auto- + corrupt, jokingly implying that the writer had meant to type autocorrect.

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