gentile
[ʒɛnˈtiːlə]
The verdict
“gentile” is an uncommon German word, ranked #94,325 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #94,325
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gentile |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʒɛnˈtiːlə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #94,325 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gentile” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for gentile is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʒɛnˈtiːlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #94,325 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil
- 2Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil
- 3Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil
- 4Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil
- 5Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil
- 6Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil
- 7Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil
- 8Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gentil
- 9Akkusativ 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.
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Using “gentile”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-N-T-I-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʒɛnˈtiːlə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.