geish

noun

"geish" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“geish” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The perineum.

Corpus desk

Index EN-geish · geish · English

geish · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for geish
PropertyValue
Headwordgeish
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “geish” in English

geishsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geish is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The perineum.".

geish doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French guiche. The correct English form is geish, spelled G-E-I-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    The perineum.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how geish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I have a pierced cock - PA - and a geish piercing which makes the cup ever more interesting. My geish is just inside the tail of the cup. This gives me some sensations that are different from the ordinary.
  2. On the other hand, I find geishes and frenulum piercings (along with clitoral hood or labia ones) alluring.

Etymology

From French guiche.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "geish"?
"geish" is spelled G-E-I-S-H.
What does "geish" mean?
As a noun, "geish" means: The perineum.
What is the origin of the word "geish"?
From French guiche. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list