embryon

/\ɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,003

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

embryon is aFrenchnoun. It means: Germe en train de se développer à la suite de la conception chez les vivipares. L’organisme est à ce stade depuis la première division de l’œuf ou zygote jusqu’au stade de fœtus, où les principaux ... Pronounced \ɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃\. Often confused with embryons and embrun.

Key facts for embryon
PropertyValue
Headwordembryon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,003
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of embryon in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for embryon is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,003 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for embryon, with forms such as "ebmryon", "embbryon", and "embroyn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "embryons", "embrun", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is embryon, spelled E-M-B-R-Y-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Germe en train de se développer à la suite de la conception chez les vivipares. L’organisme est à ce stade depuis la première division de l’œuf ou zygote jusqu’au stade de fœtus, où les principaux organes sont formés, 12ᵉ semaine de grossesse chez l’humain.
  2. 2
    Plante qui n’est pas encore développée, qui est en germe ou en bouton.
  3. 3
    Ce qui n’est pas achevé.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ebmryon,embbryon,embroyn,embrryon,embryno,embryonn,embryyon,embyron,emmbryon,emrbyon,mebryon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for embryon

Misspelling Variants of "embryon"

ebmryon7embbryon8embroyn7embrryon8embryno7embryonn8embryyon8embyron7
Misspelling Variants of "embryon"

Frequency rank: #19,003 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "embryon"?
"embryon" is spelled E-M-B-R-Y-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃\.
What does "embryon" mean?
As a noun, "embryon" means: Germe en train de se développer à la suite de la conception chez les vivipares. L’organisme est à ce stade depuis la première division de l’œuf ou zygote jusqu’au stade de fœtus, où les principaux ...
What words are commonly confused with "embryon"?
"embryon" is commonly confused with "embryons", "embrun". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "embryon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "embryon" is \ɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "embryon" come from?
"embryon" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.