androstenone
noun
androstenone is spelled A-N-D-R-O-S-T-E-N-O-N-E: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, androstenone means “A steroid, specifically 5α-androst-16-en-4-one, found in human sweat; reported to be a pheromone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of androstenone is androstenones.
How many letters and syllables are in androstenone?
| Letters | 12: A-N-D-R-O-S-T-E-N-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is androstenone?
Androstenone appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of androstenone
- androstenones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does androstenone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A steroid, specifically 5α-androst-16-en-4-one, found in human sweat; reported to be a pheromone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Androstenone in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense steroid found in human sweat:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | androstenona |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.