-genic
/-ˈdʒɛ.nɪk/
"genic" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“-genic” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forms adjectives relating to things producing or generating something.
Corpus desk
Index EN-genic · -genic · English
-genic · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -genic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | /-ˈdʒɛ.nɪk/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “-genic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
-genic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed /-ˈdʒɛ.nɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for -genic in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed either from French -gène or directly from its etymological source, Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, “offspring; kind”), with -ic. Compare -gen. The correct English form is -genic, spelled --G-E-N-I-C.
Definition
- 1Forms adjectives relating to things producing or generating something.
- 2Forms adjectives relating to things produced or generated by something.
- 3Forms adjectives relating to things suitable to be produced or reproduced.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how -genic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
carcino- + -genic → carcinogenic (“tending to cause cancer”)
bacterio- + -genic → bacteriogenic (“caused by bacteria”)
Etymology
Borrowed either from French -gène or directly from its etymological source, Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, “offspring; kind”), with -ic. Compare -gen.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.