dihydrogène

\di.i.dʁɔ.ʒɛn\

/\di.i.dʁɔ.ʒɛn\/ noun

The verdict

“dihydrogène” is uncommon French (frequency #68,985 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,985
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gaz inflammable inodore, dihydrogène, molécule H₂.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dihydrogene · dihydrogène · French

dihydrogène · rank #68,985 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,985
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH directionnel

Nearest frequency peer: directionnel (+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 « dihydrogène »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dihydrogène » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dihydrogène
PropertyValue
Headworddihydrogène
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.i.dʁɔ.ʒɛn\
Letters11
Frequency rank#68,985
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dihydrogène » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dihydrogènetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « directionnel » (#68,986), « dictatoriale » (#68,983), « directionnelle » (#68,987). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dihydrogène » est au #68,985. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dihydrogène is uncommon French at frequency #68,985 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \di.i.dʁɔ.ʒɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gaz inflammable inodore, dihydrogène, molécule H₂.".

dihydrogène doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is dihydrogène, spelled D-I-H-Y-D-R-O-G-È-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gaz inflammable inodore, dihydrogène, molécule H₂.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le dihydrogène est le principal combustible utilisé dans les piles à combustible.
  2. En approchant du Soleil, le corps glacé se serait réchauffé et aurait libéré les molécules de dihydrogène piégées en son sein ce qui l’aurait propulsé.

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); 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 "dihydrogène"?
"dihydrogène" is spelled D-I-H-Y-D-R-O-G-È-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \di.i.dʁɔ.ʒɛn\.
What does "dihydrogène" mean?
As a noun, "dihydrogène" means: Gaz inflammable inodore, dihydrogène, molécule H₂.
How do you pronounce "dihydrogène"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dihydrogène" is \di.i.dʁɔ.ʒɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list