ontogénie
\ɔ̃.tɔ.ʒe.ni\
The verdict
“ontogénie” 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) - Se dit, dans le transformisme, de l’évolution individuelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ontogenie · ontogénie · French
ontogénie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | ontogénie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ̃.tɔ.ʒe.ni\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ontogénie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ̃.tɔ.ʒe.ni\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit, dans le transformisme, de l’évolution individuelle.".
ontogénie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ontogénie, spelled O-N-T-O-G-É-N-I-E.
Definition
- 1Se dit, dans le transformisme, de l’évolution individuelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ontogénie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’évolution individuelle connue sous le nom d’ontogénie par opposition à la phylogénie.
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.