hydrogène

/\i.dʁɔ.ʒɛn\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,558

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

hydrogène is aFrenchnoun. It means: Élément chimique de numéro atomique 1 et de symbole H, qui fait partie des non-métaux. Pronounced \i.dʁɔ.ʒɛn\. It ranks #8,558 in French word frequency.

Key facts for hydrogène
PropertyValue
Headwordhydrogène
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.dʁɔ.ʒɛn\
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,558
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hydrogène in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for hydrogène is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \i.dʁɔ.ʒɛn\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,558 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for hydrogène, with forms such as "hdyrogène", "hhydrogène", and "hyddrogène". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is hydrogène, spelled H-Y-D-R-O-G-È-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élément chimique de numéro atomique 1 et de symbole H, qui fait partie des non-métaux.
  2. 2
    Gaz diatomique inodore, incolore et inflammable, composé de dihydrogène (formule chimique H₂). C’est le gaz le plus léger de tous après l’hydrogène monoatomique.
  3. 3
    Atome d’hydrogène. S’il s’agit de noyaux sans leur escorte d’électrons, on parlera plutôt de protons, deutérons, ou tritons, selon l’isotope.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hdyrogène,hhydrogène,hyddrogène,hydorgène,hydrgoène,hydrogene,hydroggène,hydrognèe,hydrogèen,hydrogènne,hydroègne,hydrrogène,hyrdogène,hyydrogène,yhdrogène

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hydrogène

Misspelling Variants of "hydrogène"

hdyrogène9hhydrogène10hyddrogène10hydorgène9hydrgoène9hydrogene9hydroggène10hydrognèe9
Misspelling Variants of "hydrogène"

Frequency rank: #8,558 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hydrogène"?
"hydrogène" is spelled H-Y-D-R-O-G-È-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.dʁɔ.ʒɛn\.
What does "hydrogène" mean?
As a noun, "hydrogène" means: Élément chimique de numéro atomique 1 et de symbole H, qui fait partie des non-métaux.
What are common misspellings of "hydrogène"?
Common misspellings include "hdyrogène", "hhydrogène", "hyddrogène", "hydorgène", "hydrgoène". The correct spelling is "hydrogène".
How do you pronounce "hydrogène"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hydrogène" is \i.dʁɔ.ʒɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hydrogène" come from?
"hydrogène" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.