oncogène
\ɔ̃.kɔ.ʒɛn\
The verdict
“oncogène” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit d’un gène qui provoque ou favorise l’apparition de tumeurs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oncogene · oncogène · French
oncogène · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | oncogène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔ̃.kɔ.ʒɛn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
oncogène is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔ̃.kɔ.ʒɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit d’un gène qui provoque ou favorise l’apparition de tumeurs.".
Zero misspellings are on record for oncogène in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is oncogène, spelled O-N-C-O-G-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Se dit d’un gène qui provoque ou favorise l’apparition de tumeurs.
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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.