oxytocine
\ɔk.si.tɔ.sin\
The verdict
“oxytocine” 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) - Variante de ocytocine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oxytocine · oxytocine · French
oxytocine · 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 | oxytocine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔk.si.tɔ.sin\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oxytocine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oxytocine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔk.si.tɔ.sin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de ocytocine.".
No misspelling variants are generated for oxytocine in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is oxytocine, spelled O-X-Y-T-O-C-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Variante de ocytocine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how oxytocine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une perfusion d'entretien systématique par oxytocine n'est pas recommandée quel que soit l'utérotonique utilisé (oxytocine ou carbétocine).
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.