autoregularse

A commonly seen spelling of autorregularse (to self-regulate) that drops the second r. As with autorreconocerse/autoreconocerse, Spanish orthography requires rr between vowels in this kind of prefix-plus-root combination — the correct standard spelling is autorregularse.

• El mercado no siempre logra autoregularse sin intervención. — The market doesn't always manage to self-regulate without intervention.
• El cuerpo humano puede autoregularse la temperatura hasta cierto punto. — The human body can regulate its own temperature up to a point.
• Algunos sectores prefieren autoregularse antes que aceptar nuevas leyes. — Some industries prefer to self-regulate rather than accept new laws.

Same missing-rr spelling issue as autoreconocerse — write autorregularse in any formal or edited text.

Often confused with autorregularse.