électrogène

\e.lɛk.tʁɔ.ʒɛn\

/\e.lɛk.tʁɔ.ʒɛn\/ adj

The verdict

“électrogène” is uncommon French (frequency #52,441 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,441
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui génère de l’électricité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-electrogene · électrogène · French

électrogène · rank #52,441 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,441
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH élargissent

Nearest frequency peer: élargissent (-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 « électrogène »

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 « électrogène » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for électrogène
PropertyValue
Headwordélectrogène
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.lɛk.tʁɔ.ʒɛn\
Letters11
Frequency rank#52,441
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « électrogène » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « élargissent » (#52,440), « électrotechnique » (#52,442), « égalitaires » (#52,439). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « électrogène » est au #52,441. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

électrogène is uncommon French at frequency #52,441 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.lɛk.tʁɔ.ʒɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui génère de l’électricité.".

Zero misspellings are on record for électrogène in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is électrogène, spelled É-L-E-C-T-R-O-G-È-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui génère de l’électricité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En d'autres termes, l’ATPase, pompe à protons est électrogène, elle contribue directement à l'établissement d'une différence de potentiel négatif à travers le plasmalemme.

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 "électrogène"?
"électrogène" is spelled É-L-E-C-T-R-O-G-È-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.lɛk.tʁɔ.ʒɛn\.
What does "électrogène" mean?
As an adjective, "électrogène" means: Qui génère de l’électricité.
How do you pronounce "électrogène"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "électrogène" is \e.lɛk.tʁɔ.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 "électrogène", 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