monogenic
adjective, noun
monogenic is spelled M-O-N-O-G-E-N-I-C: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, monogenic means “of or relating to monogenesis or to monogenism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in monogenic?
| Letters | 9: M-O-N-O-G-E-N-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 146,811th 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 monogenic?
Monogenic appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th 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 monogenic
- monogenics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does monogenic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
of or relating to monogenesis or to monogenism
- 2
regulated by a single gene
- 3
producing offspring of only one sex, exhibiting monogeny
- 4
having a single derivative at a point
- 5
generated by a set containing only a single element
noun
- 1
A derivative of a monogenic function
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does monogenic come from?
From mono- + -genic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).