genre
/ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/noun, verb
genre is spelled G-E-N-R-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,407th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, genre means “A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of genre is genres.
How many letters and syllables are in genre?
| Letters | 5: G-E-N-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,407th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is genre?
Genre appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,407th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce genre?
- US /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/
- UK /ˈ(d)ʒɒnɹə/
- /ˈd͡ʒɑnɚ/
Genre has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-genre.ogg, En-uk-genre.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with genre?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as genre (/ɑnɹə/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: green, regen.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of genre
- genres plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- genring participle, present
- genreing participle, present
- genred participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does genre mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
The still life has been a popular genre in painting since the 17th century.
verb
- 1
To assign or conform to a genre, to make genre-specific.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:genre.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Genre in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense kind; type; sort:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does genre come from?
Unadapted borrowing from French genre, from Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Doublet of gender and genus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).