obesogenic
/əʊbiːsəˈdʒɛnɪk/adjective
obesogenic is spelled O-B-E-S-O-G-E-N-I-C: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, obesogenic means “Causing obesity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in obesogenic?
| Letters | 10: O-B-E-S-O-G-E-N-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is obesogenic?
Obesogenic appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th 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 obesogenic?
- UK /əʊbiːsəˈdʒɛnɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-obesogenic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with obesogenic?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as obesogenic from its last stressed vowel (/ɛnɪk/, British pronunciation):
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).
What does obesogenic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Causing obesity.
Ironically, the US's obesogenic environment is one that societies through the ages have dreamed of: tasty cheap food in abundance, and barely a lick of hard work to be done.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Obesogenic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense causing obesity:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | obésogène |
| German | fettfördernd |
| Spanish | obesógeno |
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 obesogenic come from?
From obese + -genic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).