glycogène
\ɡli.kɔ.ʒɛn\
The verdict
“glycogène” is uncommon French (frequency #65,974 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,974
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Glucide complexe polymère du glucose.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glycogène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡli.kɔ.ʒɛn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,974 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glycogène” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
glycogène is uncommon French at frequency #65,974 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡli.kɔ.ʒɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Glucide complexe polymère du glucose.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for glycogène, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is glycogène, spelled G-L-Y-C-O-G-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Glucide complexe polymère du glucose.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “glycogène”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-L-Y-C-O-G-È-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡli.kɔ.ʒɛn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.