biogène
\bjɔ.ʒɛn\
The verdict
“biogène” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - D'origine animale ou végétale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-biogene · biogène · French
biogène · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | biogène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bjɔ.ʒɛn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
biogène is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bjɔ.ʒɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for biogène, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is biogène, spelled B-I-O-G-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1D'origine animale ou végétale.
- 2Biogénétique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how biogène appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les composants d’un sédiment océanique peuvent être classés en quatre grandes catégories suivant leur origine : la fraction biogène liée à l’activité biologique du plancton et des organismes marins, la fraction volcanogène résultant de l’activité volcanique, la fraction détritique héritée des continents, et la fraction authigène néoformée à partir des ion…
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.