genet
/ˈd͡ʒɛnɪt/
"genet" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“genet” is uncommon English (frequency #58,046 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,046
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail.
Corpus desk
Index EN-genet · genet · English
genet · rank #58,046 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,046
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Geng
Nearest frequency peer: Geng (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “genet”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gaf
gaf
41,959 corpus weight
- ganging
ganging
41,958 corpus weight
- gau
gau
41,957 corpus weight
- genet
genet
41,955 corpus weight
- Geng
Geng
41,954 corpus weight
- Genovese
Genovese
41,953 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “genet” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | genet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,046 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “genet” in English
Rare enough to double-check
genet is uncommon English at frequency #58,046 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for genet, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English genet, ionet, from Anglo-Norman genette, Middle French genette, jenette et al., of uncertain origin. The correct English form is genet, spelled G-E-N-E-T.
Definition
- 1Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail.
- 2The fur of this mammal, or any skin dressed in imitation of it.
Etymology
From Middle English genet, ionet, from Anglo-Norman genette, Middle French genette, jenette et al., of uncertain origin.
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).