genii
/ˈdʒi(ː)niaɪ/
"genii" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“genii” is uncommon English (frequency #71,529 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,529
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of genius
Corpus desk
Index EN-genii · genii · English
genii · rank #71,529 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,529
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH geodesy
Nearest frequency peer: geodesy (+2 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 “genii”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gasser
gasser
28,477 corpus weight
- gaydar
gaydar
28,475 corpus weight
- genii
genii
28,472 corpus weight
- geodesy
geodesy
28,470 corpus weight
- glasser
glasser
28,468 corpus weight
- glossing
glossing
28,467 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “genii” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | genii |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdʒi(ː)niaɪ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,529 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “genii” in English
Rare enough to double-check
genii is uncommon English at frequency #71,529 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdʒi(ː)niaɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
genii has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is genii, spelled G-E-N-I-I.
Definition
- 1plural of genius
- 2plural of genius
- 3plural of genius
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how genii appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On the 11th Century glass bowl above, the painted figures—winged genii, nude athletes and brawny soldiers—resemble mythological characters but may be only lighthearted mimicry of ancient Greek or Roman subjects.
"According to the old wives' tales that are related about this race of genii who inhabit Iceland and its vicinity, they have a political form of government modelled after the same pattern as that which the inhabitants themselves are under.
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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