androgenic

adj

"androgenic" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“androgenic” is uncommon English (frequency #73,859 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,859
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, relating to, or being an androgen.

Corpus desk

Index EN-androgenic · androgenic · English

androgenic · rank #73,859 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,859
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH anthemic

Nearest frequency peer: anthemic (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “androgenic”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “androgenic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for androgenic
PropertyValue
Headwordandrogenic
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#73,859
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “androgenic” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).androgenicfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “anthemic” (#73,860), “anagrams” (#73,857), “amphora” (#73,856). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “androgenic” is #73,859. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

androgenic is uncommon English at frequency #73,859 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, relating to, or being an androgen.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for androgenic, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From androgen + -ic. The correct English form is androgenic, spelled A-N-D-R-O-G-E-N-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or being an androgen.

Etymology

From androgen + -ic.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "androgenic"?
"androgenic" is spelled A-N-D-R-O-G-E-N-I-C.
What does "androgenic" mean?
As an adjective, "androgenic" means: Of, relating to, or being an androgen.
What is the origin of the word "androgenic"?
From androgen + -ic. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list