hormonal

^((h muet))\ɔʁ.mɔ.nal\

/^((h muet))\ɔʁ.mɔ.nal\/ adj

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The verdict

“hormonal” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,994. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,994
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a un rapport aux hormones.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hormonal · hormonal · French

hormonal · rank #31,994 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,994
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hologramme

Nearest frequency peer: hologramme (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « hormonal »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « hormonal » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hormonal vs hormone
75% similar
hormonal vs hormonaux
78% similar
hormonal vs hormonale
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hormonal
PropertyValue
Headwordhormonal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA^((h muet))\ɔʁ.mɔ.nal\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,994
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hormonal »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).hormonalse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hologramme » (#31,993), « HSBC » (#31,995), « holdings » (#31,992). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hormonal » est au #31,994. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around hormonal (IPA ^((h muet))\ɔʁ.mɔ.nal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,994 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui a un rapport aux hormones.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for hormonal, with forms such as "hhormonal", "homronal", and "hormmonal". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "hormone", "hormonaux", "hormonale", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is hormonal, spelled H-O-R-M-O-N-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a un rapport aux hormones.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’ANPCEN, qui s'alarme en outre du boom des LED produisant une lumière très blanche, souligne l’impact environnemental et sanitaire de la pollution lumineuse, chez les animaux (orientation et reproduction perturbées) comme chez les hommes (dérèglement de l'horloge biologique, qui régule fonctions biologiques et hormonales).

This word in other languages

hormonal(English)hormonal(Español)hormonell(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhormonal
  • homronal
  • hormmonal
  • hormnoal
  • hormoanl
  • hormonall
  • hormonla
  • hormonnal
  • horomnal
  • horrmonal
  • hromonal
  • ohrmonal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hormonal - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

hhormonal1homronal2hormmonal1hormnoal2hormoanl2hormonall1hormonla2hormonnal1
Edit distance from "hormonal"

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 "hormonal"?
"hormonal" is spelled H-O-R-M-O-N-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h muet))\ɔʁ.mɔ.nal\.
What does "hormonal" mean?
As an adjective, "hormonal" means: Qui a un rapport aux hormones.
What words are commonly confused with "hormonal"?
"hormonal" is commonly confused with "hormone", "hormonaux", "hormonale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hormonal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hormonal" is ^((h muet))\ɔʁ.mɔ.nal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hormonal" come from?
"hormonal" 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 "hormonal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

holdings#31,992Guinness#31,983Grosjean#31,982Gourcuff#31,980

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

inclusif12 variantsfatidique12 variantsjaunâtre12 variantslicornes12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list