FSH

noun

The verdict

“FSH” is uncommon French (frequency #91,715 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,715
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hormone folliculostimulante, hormone peptidique (glycoprotéine) produite par l'antéhypophyse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fsh · FSH · French

FSH · rank #91,715 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,715
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH froissement

Nearest frequency peer: froissement (-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 « FSH »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for FSH
PropertyValue
HeadwordFSH
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#91,715
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « FSH » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).FSHtombe 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: « froissement » (#91,714), « fundamental » (#91,717), « fratries » (#91,712). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « FSH » est au #91,715. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

FSH is uncommon French at frequency #91,715 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hormone folliculostimulante, hormone peptidique (glycoprotéine) produite par l'antéhypophyse.".

FSH doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is FSH, spelled F-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hormone folliculostimulante, hormone peptidique (glycoprotéine) produite par l'antéhypophyse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La stimulation de l’ovulation par injection d’hormone (la FSH) en cas d’infertilité féminine due à un trouble de l’ovulation.
  2. La sécrétion de la GnRH et donc de la LH, et à un moindre degré, de la FSH, est pulsatile.

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 "FSH"?
"FSH" is spelled F-S-H.
What does "FSH" mean?
As a noun, "FSH" means: Hormone folliculostimulante, hormone peptidique (glycoprotéine) produite par l'antéhypophyse.
What language does "FSH" come from?
"FSH" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "FSH", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list