androsterone
noun
androsterone is spelled A-N-D-R-O-S-T-E-R-O-N-E: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, androsterone means “An androgenic hormone, excreted in the urine, somewhat less active than testosterone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of androsterone is androsterones.
How many letters and syllables are in androsterone?
| Letters | 12: A-N-D-R-O-S-T-E-R-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 62 million words; the 246,401st 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 androsterone?
Androsterone appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st 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).
How do you pronounce androsterone?
- General-American
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-androsterone.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of androsterone
- androsterones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does androsterone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An androgenic hormone, excreted in the urine, somewhat less active than testosterone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Androsterone in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense androgenic hormone:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | androsterona |
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.