# sturgeon

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈstɝd͡ʒən/ · frequency rank #18,706

## Definitions
1. Any marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia.

## Etymology
From Middle English sturgiun, sturjoun, from Old French estorjoun (“sturgeon”), from Frankish *sturjō, from Proto-Germanic *sturjô (“sturgeon”).

## Easily confused with
- **surgeon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sturgeon-vs-surgeon)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ssturgeon`, `strugeon`, `stturgeon`, `stugreon`, `sturegon`, `sturgeno`, `sturgeonn`, `sturggeon`, `sturgoen`, `sturrgeon`, `sutrgeon`, `tsurgeon`

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