nitrogène
\ni.tʁo.ʒɛn\
The verdict
“nitrogène” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancienne désignation de l’azote.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nitrogene · nitrogène · French
nitrogène · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nitrogène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ni.tʁo.ʒɛn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nitrogène » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nitrogène is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ni.tʁo.ʒɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancienne désignation de l’azote.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nitrogène, 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's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is nitrogène, spelled N-I-T-R-O-G-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Ancienne désignation de l’azote.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nitrogène appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a voulu, expérimentalement, essayer l’action directe du nitrogène sur le métal fondu dans une atmosphère de ce gaz à forte pression, puis refroidi le plus rapidement possible en vue de retenir le maximum de gaz.
À 8 h 30, ils avaient commencé d’insuffler du nitrogène dans le dernier réservoir de gaz pour pousser doucement le reste du poison dans les tuyauteries.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.