exon
\eɡ.zɔ̃\
The verdict
“exon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segment d’un transcrit primaire conservé après l’épissage de l’ARN.
Corpus desk
Index FR-exon · exon · French
exon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | exon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \eɡ.zɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « exon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
exon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \eɡ.zɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
exon has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is exon, spelled E-X-O-N.
Definition
- 1Segment d’un transcrit primaire conservé après l’épissage de l’ARN.
- 2Partie de l’ADN correspondant à ce segment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how exon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Beaucoup de gènes semblent présenter, à côté de séquences actives qualifiées d’exons, des séquences muettes : les introns.
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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.