androgyne
/ˈæn.dɹə.d͡ʒaɪn/
"androgyne" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“androgyne” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who is androgynous.
Corpus desk
Index EN-androgyne · androgyne · English
androgyne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | androgyne |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæn.dɹə.d͡ʒaɪn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “androgyne” in English
Rare enough to double-check
androgyne is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæn.dɹə.d͡ʒaɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for androgyne in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French androgyne, from Latin androgynus. The correct English form is androgyne, spelled A-N-D-R-O-G-Y-N-E.
Definition
- 1A person who is androgynous.
- 2An androgynous plant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how androgyne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Billy looked up at the face that went with the clogs. It was the face of a blond angel, of a fifteen-year-old boy. The boy was as beautiful as Eve. Billy was helped to his feet by the lovely boy, by the heavenly androgyne.
The yogi is in this way the androgyne of prehistory reachieved.
Etymology
From French androgyne, from Latin androgynus.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.