estrogen
/ˈɛstɹəd͡ʒən/
"estrogen" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“estrogen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,071. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,071
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estrogen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛstɹəd͡ʒən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #18,071 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “estrogen” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around estrogen (IPA /ˈɛstɹəd͡ʒən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,071 among 18,836 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for estrogen, with forms such as "esrtogen", "esstrogen", and "estorgen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From estro- (estrus) + -gen (“a producer of”). The correct English form is estrogen, spelled E-S-T-R-O-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.
Etymology
From estro- (estrus) + -gen (“a producer of”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esrtogen
- esstrogen
- estorgen
- estrgoen
- estroegn
- estrogenn
- estroggen
- estrogne
- estrrogen
- esttrogen
- etsrogen
- setrogen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estrogen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “estrogen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-S-T-R-O-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɛstɹəd͡ʒən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.