androgen
/ˈændrəd͡ʒən/
"androgen" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“androgen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,280. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,280
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics in vertebrates. A male sex hormone such as tes...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | androgen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈændrəd͡ʒən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #38,280 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “androgen” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around androgen (IPA /ˈændrəd͡ʒən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,280 among 35,202 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics in vertebrates. A male sex hormone such as tes...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for androgen, with forms such as "adnrogen", "anddrogen", and "andorgen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From andro- + -gen. The correct English form is androgen, spelled A-N-D-R-O-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics in vertebrates. A male sex hormone such as testosterone or anabolic steroids.
Etymology
From andro- + -gen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adnrogen
- anddrogen
- andorgen
- andrgoen
- androegn
- androgenn
- androggen
- androgne
- andrrogen
- anndrogen
- anrdogen
- nadrogen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of androgen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “androgen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-N-D-R-O-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈændrəd͡ʒən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.