androgyny
/ænˈdɹɑd͡ʒəni/
"androgyny" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“androgyny” is uncommon English (frequency #68,820 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,820
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hermaphroditism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-androgyny · androgyny · English
androgyny · rank #68,820 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,820
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH amyloidosis
Nearest frequency peer: amyloidosis (-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 “androgyny”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- allspice
allspice
31,187 corpus weight
- amyloidosis
amyloidosis
31,182 corpus weight
- androgyny
androgyny
31,181 corpus weight
- anesthetized
anesthetized
31,180 corpus weight
- anodized
anodized
31,177 corpus weight
- anoxic
anoxic
31,176 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “androgyny” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | androgyny |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ænˈdɹɑd͡ʒəni/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,820 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “androgyny” in English
Rare enough to double-check
androgyny is uncommon English at frequency #68,820 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ænˈdɹɑd͡ʒəni/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for androgyny, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From andro- + -gyny. See androgynous. The correct English form is androgyny, spelled A-N-D-R-O-G-Y-N-Y.
Definition
- 1Hermaphroditism.
- 2The state of having traits of both male and female genders.
- 3The state of appearing to be neither feminine nor masculine.
- 4The state or ability, of a connector or docking port, to connect with either male (plug) or female (socket) or other neutral connectors or ports.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how androgyny appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Now androgyny has come to mean the adoption of social behavior that is not strictly masculine or feminine according to the old role definitions. An attempt to escape from gender-identified role-playing, androgyny does not necessarily determine sexual behavior.
The plot isn't the film's greatest asset, nor are its insights into Margaret, Larry and the brave new world of affectless androgyny that they inhabit.
Etymology
From andro- + -gyny. See androgynous.
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.
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