gen
/d͡ʒɛn/noun, adjective, verb, adverb
gen is spelled G-E-N: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,076th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gen means “Information” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gen is gens.
How many letters and syllables are in gen?
| Letters | 3: G-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 21 times per million words; the 4,076th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is gen?
Gen appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,076th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce gen?
- /d͡ʒɛn/
Gen has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-gen.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with gen
Sounds like: Jen (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with gen?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gen.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: eng, neg.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of gen
- gens plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- genning participle, present
- genned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gen mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CommonwealthIrelandUKinformalInformation.
- 2
Information about the location of a bird.
- 3
slangFan fiction that does not specifically focus on romance or sex.
- 4
slangA generator (device that converts mechanical to electrical energy).
- 5
informalA generation (group of people born in a specific range of years).
- 6
informalA specific version of something in a chronological sequence.
- 7
Alternative letter-case form of Gen (“member of the Gen Movement”).
- 8
UKobsoleteslangA shilling.
adjective
- 1
general
verb
- 1
To generate using an automated process, especially a computer program.
genned with a LLM
- 2
To genetically engineer.
noun
- 1
A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement.
- 2
Alternative form of Gen. (“General”).
noun
- 1
USInitialism of group exemption number.
adverb
- 1
Clipping of genuinely.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gen in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense producer of something:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does gen come from?
Clipping of general.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).