genre
/ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/
"genre" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“genre” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,418. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,418
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
Corpus desk
Index EN-genre · genre · English
genre · rank #5,418 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,418
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH fires
Nearest frequency peer: fires (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “genre”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fears
fears
94,585 corpus weight
- fires
fires
94,584 corpus weight
- genre
genre
94,583 corpus weight
- gentle
gentle
94,582 corpus weight
- grammar
grammar
94,581 corpus weight
- HIV
HIV
94,580 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “genre” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | genre |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,418 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “genre” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around genre (IPA /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,418 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for genre, with forms such as "egnre", "gener", and "gennre". 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, "ger", "GRE", "gone", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from French genre, from Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Doublet of gender and genus. The correct English form is genre, spelled G-E-N-R-E.
Definition
- 1A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how genre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The still life has been a popular genre in painting since the 17th century.
This film is a cross-genre piece, dark and funny at the same time.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French genre, from Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Doublet of gender and genus.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egnre
- gener
- gennre
- genrre
- gerne
- ggenre
- gnere
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of genre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "genre", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "genre" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ger". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,418 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.