gentile

[ʒɛnˈtiːlə]

/[ʒɛnˈtiːlə]/ adj

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The verdict

“gentile” is uncommon German (frequency #94,325 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,325
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil

Corpus desk

Index DE-gentile · gentile · German

gentile · rank #94,325 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,325
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH genervte

Nearest frequency peer: genervte (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „gentile“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gentile“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gentile
PropertyValue
Headwordgentile
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʒɛnˈtiːlə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#94,325
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gentile“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).gentilefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „genervte“ (#94,324), „genügende“ (#94,326), „generalisierte“ (#94,323). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gentile“ bei #94,325. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gentile is uncommon German at frequency #94,325 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʒɛnˈtiːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gentile, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is gentile, spelled G-E-N-T-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gentile"?
"gentile" is spelled G-E-N-T-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ʒɛnˈtiːlə].
What does "gentile" mean?
As an adjective, "gentile" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil
How do you pronounce "gentile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gentile" is [ʒɛnˈtiːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gentile", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gesinde#94,335gestaut#94,337Glaukom#94,345Gebinde#94,304

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list