ectohormone
\ɛk.tɔ.ɔʁ.mɔn\
The verdict
“ectohormone” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de phéromone.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ectohormone · ectohormone · French
ectohormone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | ectohormone |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛk.tɔ.ɔʁ.mɔn\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ectohormone » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ectohormone is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛk.tɔ.ɔʁ.mɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de phéromone.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ectohormone, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 ectohormone, spelled E-C-T-O-H-O-R-M-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de phéromone.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ectohormone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le terme d’ectohormone ou de substance ectocrine souligne le rapprochement avec les substances endocrines qui, dans un organisme vivant, assurent pro parte la coordination des divers mécanismes.
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.