antigène

\ɑ̃.ti.ʒɛn\

/\ɑ̃.ti.ʒɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

“antigène” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,300. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,300
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance étrangère à un organisme et provoquant chez celui-ci la constitution d’un anticorps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-antigene · antigène · French

antigène · rank #44,300 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,300
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH animaliers

Nearest frequency peer: animaliers (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « antigène »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « antigène » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

antigène vs Antigone
75% similar
antigène vs anxiogène
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for antigène
PropertyValue
Headwordantigène
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ti.ʒɛn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#44,300
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « antigène »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).antigènese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « animaliers » (#44,299), « aplatir » (#44,301), « Angolais » (#44,298). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « antigène » est au #44,300. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around antigène (IPA \ɑ̃.ti.ʒɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,300 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Substance étrangère à un organisme et provoquant chez celui-ci la constitution d’un anticorps.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for antigène, with forms such as "anitgène", "anntigène", and "antgiène". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Antigone", "anxiogène", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is antigène, spelled A-N-T-I-G-È-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Substance étrangère à un organisme et provoquant chez celui-ci la constitution d’un anticorps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how antigène appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dans l’hypersensibilité de type tuberculinique, la désensibilisation (?« tolérance ») est possible par des injections répétées et fréquentes de minuscules quantités d’antigène. Mais les résultats sont seulement temporaires et l'injection des doses désensibilisatrices comporte le risque de réactions focales marquées et parfois très sérieuses.
  2. Avec l’utilisation d’antigènes de tréponèmes pâles tués, les réactions sérologiques ont vu leur sensibilité et leur spécificité nettement améliorées.

This word in other languages

antigen(English)antígeno(Español)Antigen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anitgène
  • anntigène
  • antgiène
  • antigene
  • antiggène
  • antignèe
  • antigèen
  • antigènne
  • antiègne
  • anttigène
  • atnigène
  • natigène

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of antigène - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

anitgène2anntigène1antgiène2antigene1antiggène1antignèe2antigèen2antigènne1
Edit distance from "antigène"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "antigène"?
"antigène" is spelled A-N-T-I-G-È-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ti.ʒɛn\.
What does "antigène" mean?
As a noun, "antigène" means: Substance étrangère à un organisme et provoquant chez celui-ci la constitution d’un anticorps.
What words are commonly confused with "antigène"?
"antigène" is commonly confused with "Antigone", "anxiogène". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "antigène"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antigène" is \ɑ̃.ti.ʒɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "antigène" come from?
"antigène" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "antigène", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Angolais#44,298alourdit#44,293arrosées#44,307assoient#44,309

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

assurerait12 variantsaffaiblies12 variantsabruptes12 variantséminente12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list