hormone
/ˈhoɹmoʊn/noun, verb
hormone is spelled H-O-R-M-O-N-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.6 times per million words in written English, the 9,313th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hormone means “Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hormone is hormones.
How many letters and syllables are in hormone?
| Letters | 7: H-O-R-M-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.6 times per million words; the 9,313th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is hormone?
Hormone appears 6.6 times per million words in written English, the 9,313th 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 hormone?
- UK /ˈhɔːməʊn/
- US /ˈhoɹmoʊn/
Hormone has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-hormone.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hormone?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hormone (/oɹmoʊn/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: moorhen.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of hormone
- hormones plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- hormoning participle, present
- hormoned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hormone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
- 2
A synthetic compound with the same activity.
- 3
colloquialSex hormones, as used in hormone replacement therapy for transgender or intersex people.
I'm going to be going to slightly higher doses of hormones soon.
- 4
Any similar substance in plants.
verb
- 1
colloquialTo treat with hormones.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hormone in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity:
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.
Where does hormone come from?
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”), from ὁρμή (hormḗ, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).