gender

/ˈd͡ʒɛndə/

//ˈd͡ʒɛndə// noun

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"gender" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“gender” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,539. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,539
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Class; kind.

Corpus desk

Index EN-gender · gender · English

gender · rank #2,539 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,539
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH fucked

Nearest frequency peer: fucked (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “gender”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “gender” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gender vs gene
67% similar
gender vs genre
67% similar
gender vs genes
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gender
PropertyValue
Headwordgender
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈd͡ʒɛndə/
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,539
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “gender”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).genderlands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “fucked” (#2,538), “instance” (#2,540), “folks” (#2,537). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “gender” is #2,539. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around gender (IPA /ˈd͡ʒɛndə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,539 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gender, with forms such as "egnder", "gedner", and "gendder". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gene", "genre", "genes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English gendre, borrowed from Old French gendre, borrowed from Latin genere (“type, kind”). Doublet of genre and genus. The verb developed after the noun. The correct English form is gender, spelled G-E-N-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Class; kind.
  2. 2
    Sex (a category, either male or female, into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species).
  3. 3
    Identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on this basis. (Compare gender role, gender identity.)
  4. 4
    A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common, and animate or inanimate.
  5. 5
    Synonym of voice (“particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs”).
  6. 6
    The quality which distinguishes connectors, which may be male (fitting into another connector) and female (having another connector fit into it), or genderless or androgynous (capable of fitting together with another connector of the same type).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […]plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many[…]
  2. the gene is activated in both genders

Etymology

From Middle English gendre, borrowed from Old French gendre, borrowed from Latin genere (“type, kind”). Doublet of genre and genus. The verb developed after the noun.

Synonyms

genrebiological sexgendersexvoice

This word in other languages

sexo(Español)genre(Français)Geschlecht(Deutsch)género(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnder
  • gedner
  • gendder
  • genderr
  • gendre
  • genedr
  • gennder
  • ggender
  • gneder

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gender - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

egnder2gedner2gendder1genderr1gendre2genedr2gennder1ggender1
Edit distance from "gender"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gender"?
"gender" is spelled G-E-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒɛndə/.
What does "gender" mean?
As a noun, "gender" means: Class; kind.
What words are commonly confused with "gender"?
"gender" is commonly confused with "gene", "genre", "genes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gender"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gender" is /ˈd͡ʒɛndə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "gender"?
From Middle English gendre, borrowed from Old French gendre, borrowed from Latin genere (“type, kind”). Doublet of genre and genus. The verb developed after the noun. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fucked#2,538motion#2,545dreams#2,532dollar#2,531

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

danger9 variantssaving9 variantsattitude9 variantsadults9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list