cancérogènes
\kɑ̃.se.ʁɔ.ʒɛn\
The verdict
“cancérogènes” is uncommon French (frequency #59,135 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,135
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de cancérogène.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cancerogenes · cancérogènes · French
cancérogènes · rank #59,135 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,135
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH candace
Nearest frequency peer: candace (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « cancérogènes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Calonne
Calonne
40,869 corpus weight
- calorie
calorie
40,868 corpus weight
- cancérogènes
cancérogènes
40,866 corpus weight
- candace
candace
40,865 corpus weight
- cannot
cannot
40,864 corpus weight
- Canteloup
Canteloup
40,863 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cancérogènes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cancérogènes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.se.ʁɔ.ʒɛn\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #59,135 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cancérogènes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cancérogènes is uncommon French at frequency #59,135 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɑ̃.se.ʁɔ.ʒɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de cancérogène.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cancérogènes in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cancérogènes, spelled C-A-N-C-É-R-O-G-È-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de cancérogène.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cancérogènes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les MOAH sont très préoccupants. Ils sont soupçonnés d'être cancérogènes et mutagènes.
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.
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