hydrogénation
\i.dʁɔ.ʒe.na.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“hydrogénation” is uncommon French (frequency #89,802 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,802
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État d’un corps qui s’imprègne ou qui est imprégné d’hydrogène.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hydrogenation · hydrogénation · French
hydrogénation · rank #89,802 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,802
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hurleurs
Nearest frequency peer: hurleurs (-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 « hydrogénation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- houblons
houblons
10,203 corpus weight
- hound
hound
10,202 corpus weight
- hurleurs
hurleurs
10,200 corpus weight
- hydrogénati…
hydrogénation
10,199 corpus weight
- hypnotisme
hypnotisme
10,198 corpus weight
- ICBM
ICBM
10,196 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hydrogénation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hydrogénation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.dʁɔ.ʒe.na.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #89,802 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hydrogénation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hydrogénation is uncommon French at frequency #89,802 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.dʁɔ.ʒe.na.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État d’un corps qui s’imprègne ou qui est imprégné d’hydrogène.".
hydrogénation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is hydrogénation, spelled H-Y-D-R-O-G-É-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1État d’un corps qui s’imprègne ou qui est imprégné d’hydrogène.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hydrogénation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le furfurol (furfural, fural) matière première des résines furaniques, est tiré du son, de certaines parties de l'épi de maïs, etc. C'est un aldéhyde dont on obtient par hydrogénation l’alcool furfurylique (furol).
La gamme de l’entreprise s’est également enrichie avec les Cerester, des cires-esters obtenues par alcoolyse des triglycérides des huiles végétales, ou encore les Phytowax, des cires végétales obtenues par hydrogénation des Cerester olive.
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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