ocytocine
\ɔ.si.tɔ.sin\
The verdict
“ocytocine” is uncommon French (frequency #64,657 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,657
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hormone peptidique de formule brute C₄₃H₆₆N₁₂O₁₂S₂ synthétisée par l’hypothalamus et sécrétée par l’hypophyse postérieure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ocytocine · ocytocine · French
ocytocine · rank #64,657 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,657
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH octroient
Nearest frequency peer: octroient (-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 « ocytocine »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Nérac
Nérac
35,347 corpus weight
- obscurcir
obscurcir
35,346 corpus weight
- octroient
octroient
35,345 corpus weight
- ocytocine
ocytocine
35,344 corpus weight
- oisif
oisif
35,343 corpus weight
- ombragés
ombragés
35,341 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ocytocine » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ocytocine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.si.tɔ.sin\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,657 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ocytocine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ocytocine is uncommon French at frequency #64,657 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.si.tɔ.sin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hormone peptidique de formule brute C₄₃H₆₆N₁₂O₁₂S₂ synthétisée par l’hypothalamus et sécrétée par l’hypophyse postérieure.".
ocytocine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ocytocine, spelled O-C-Y-T-O-C-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Hormone peptidique de formule brute C₄₃H₆₆N₁₂O₁₂S₂ synthétisée par l’hypothalamus et sécrétée par l’hypophyse postérieure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ocytocine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’ocytocine est indispensable au réflexe d’éjection du placenta et à la sécrétion du lait.
L’ocytocine n'a pas d'effet que sur les brebis. La bergère que je suis, comme beaucoup d'autres éleveurs, bénéficie pendant tout l'agnelage d'une énergie physique et psychique nouvelle, d'une joie intense à assister quotidiennement au miracle, simple, beau, magique, de la naissance d'êtres neufs et déjà si aptes.
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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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