dioxygène
\djɔk.si.ʒɛn\
The verdict
“dioxygène” is uncommon French (frequency #89,606 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,606
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Corps simple moléculaire gazeux composé de deux atomes d’oxygène, de formule chimique O₂. Il résulte sur Terre de la photosynthèse oxygénique, et est un constituant actuel majeur de l’atmosphère te...
Corpus desk
Index FR-dioxygene · dioxygène · French
dioxygène · rank #89,606 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,606
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH discriminées
Nearest frequency peer: discriminées (+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 « dioxygène »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- digicode
digicode
10,399 corpus weight
- dink
dink
10,397 corpus weight
- dioxygène
dioxygène
10,395 corpus weight
- discriminées
discriminées
10,394 corpus weight
- discrédités
discrédités
10,393 corpus weight
- divertissent
divertissent
10,392 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dioxygène » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dioxygène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \djɔk.si.ʒɛn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #89,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dioxygène » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dioxygène is uncommon French at frequency #89,606 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \djɔk.si.ʒɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dioxygène, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dioxygène, spelled D-I-O-X-Y-G-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Corps simple moléculaire gazeux composé de deux atomes d’oxygène, de formule chimique O₂. Il résulte sur Terre de la photosynthèse oxygénique, et est un constituant actuel majeur de l’atmosphère terrestre. Il est nécessaire à la respiration des êtres vivants aérobies.
- 2Une molécule de ce corps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dioxygène appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les deux principaux constituants gazeux de l’atmosphère sont le diazote (78,08 %) et le dioxygène (20,94 %).
Les branchies se comportent donc dans l'eau un peu comme les poumons dans l’air, à la différence notable que l’eau est un fluide 60 fois plus visqueux et 800 fois plus dense que l’air, avec une concentration en dioxygène bien inférieure !
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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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