oxygène

/\ɔk.si.ʒɛn\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,686

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

oxygène is aFrenchnoun. It means: Élément chimique de numéro atomique 8 et de symbole O qui fait partie des non-métaux, plus spécifiquement des chalcogènes. Pronounced \ɔk.si.ʒɛn\. It ranks #5,686 in French word frequency.

Key facts for oxygène
PropertyValue
Headwordoxygène
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔk.si.ʒɛn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,686
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for oxygène is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔk.si.ʒɛn\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,686 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for oxygène, with forms such as "oxgyène", "oxxygène", and "oxygene". 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 oxygène, spelled O-X-Y-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 8 et de symbole O qui fait partie des non-métaux, plus spécifiquement des chalcogènes.
  2. 2
    Dioxygène (O₂) ; corps simple moléculaire constitué de deux atomes d’oxygène, gazeux à conditions normales de température et de pression.
  3. 3
    Atome (ou, par ellipse, noyau) d’oxygène dans une molécule, notamment en chimie organique.
  4. 4
    Air non vicié, non pollué.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oxgyène,oxxygène,oxygene,oxyggène,oxygnèe,oxygèen,oxygènne,oxyygène,oxyègne,oyxgène,xoygène

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for oxygène

Misspelling Variants of "oxygène"

oxgyène7oxxygène8oxygene7oxyggène8oxygnèe7oxygèen7oxygènne8oxyygène8
Misspelling Variants of "oxygène"

Frequency rank: #5,686 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oxygène"?
"oxygène" is spelled O-X-Y-G-È-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔk.si.ʒɛn\.
What does "oxygène" mean?
As a noun, "oxygène" means: Élément chimique de numéro atomique 8 et de symbole O qui fait partie des non-métaux, plus spécifiquement des chalcogènes.
What are common misspellings of "oxygène"?
Common misspellings include "oxgyène", "oxxygène", "oxygene", "oxyggène", "oxygnèe". The correct spelling is "oxygène".
How do you pronounce "oxygène"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oxygène" is \ɔk.si.ʒɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oxygène" come from?
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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.