# hygienic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /haɪˈd͡ʒiːnɪk/ · frequency rank #32,036

## Definitions
1. Pertaining to hygiene; clean, sanitary, free of disease.
2. Whose expansion is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.

## Etymology
From French hygiénique. Displaced earlier hygienal.

## Easily confused with
- **hygienist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hygienic-vs-hygienist)
- **hygiene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hygiene-vs-hygienic)

## Common misspellings (12)
`hgyienic`, `hhygienic`, `hygeinic`, `hyggienic`, `hygieinc`, `hygienci`, `hygienicc`, `hygiennic`, `hygineic`, `hyigenic`, `hyygienic`, `yhgienic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hygienic