œstrogène
\ɛs.tʁɔ.ʒɛn\
The verdict
“œstrogène” is uncommon French (frequency #90,352 among 749 “Œ” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,352
- frequency rank, French
- 749
- “Œ” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stéroïde qui fonctionne comme hormone sexuelle femelle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | œstrogène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.tʁɔ.ʒɛn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “œstrogène” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
œstrogène is uncommon French at frequency #90,352 among 749 “Œ” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.tʁɔ.ʒɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stéroïde qui fonctionne comme hormone sexuelle femelle.".
Zero misspellings are on record for œstrogène in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is œstrogène, spelled Œ-S-T-R-O-G-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Stéroïde qui fonctionne comme hormone sexuelle femelle.
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); 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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Using “œstrogène”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Œ-S-T-R-O-G-È-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛs.tʁɔ.ʒɛn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.