# gentile

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɛntaɪl/ · frequency rank #27,851

## Definitions
1. Non-Jewish.
2. Heathen, pagan.
3. Non-Mormon.
4. Relating to a clan, tribe, or nation; clannish, tribal, national.
5. Of or pertaining to a gens or several gentes.
6. Of a part of speech such as an adjective, noun or verb: relating to a particular city, nation or country.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French gentil (“gentile”), from Latin gentīlis (“of or belonging to the same people or nation”), morphologically from gēns (“clan; tribe; people, family”) + adjective suffix -īlis (“-ile”). Doublet of gentle, genteel, jaunty, and Gentoo. See also gens, gender, genus, and generation.

## Easily confused with
- **gentle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gentile-vs-gentle)
- **gently** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gentile-vs-gently)
- **genuine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gentile-vs-genuine)
- **genie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/genie-vs-gentile)
- **genitive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/genitive-vs-gentile)

## Common misspellings (10)
`egntile`, `genitle`, `genntile`, `gentiel`, `gentille`, `gentlie`, `genttile`, `getnile`, `ggentile`, `gnetile`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gentile