albumen
\al.by.mɛn\
The verdict
“albumen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Blanc d’œuf.
Corpus desk
Index FR-albumen · albumen · French
albumen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | albumen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \al.by.mɛn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
albumen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \al.by.mɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
albumen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is albumen, spelled A-L-B-U-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1Blanc d’œuf.
- 2Tissu de réserve embryonnaire des graines angiospermes aussi appelé périsperme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how albumen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette production d'un albumen par double fécondation est spécifique aux angiospermes.
Ainsi toute ma vie jusqu’à ce jour aurait pu et n’aurait pas pu être résumée sous ce titre : Une vocation. Elle ne l’aurait pas pu en ce sens que la littérature n’avait joué aucun rôle dans ma vie. Elle l’aurait pu en ce que cette vie, les souvenirs de ses tristesses, de ses joies, formaient une réserve pareille à cet albumen qui est logé dans l’ovule des…
This word in other languages
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