genuine
/ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌɪn/
"genuine" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“genuine” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,811. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,811
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native
Corpus desk
Index EN-genuine · genuine · English
genuine · rank #3,811 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,811
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH funeral
Nearest frequency peer: funeral (-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 “genuine”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- exhibition
exhibition
96,193 corpus weight
- fraud
fraud
96,192 corpus weight
- funeral
funeral
96,191 corpus weight
- genuine
genuine
96,190 corpus weight
- Gordon
Gordon
96,188 corpus weight
- honey
honey
96,187 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “genuine” 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 | genuine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌɪn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “genuine” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around genuine (IPA /ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌɪn/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,811 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for genuine, with forms such as "egnuine", "geniune", and "gennuine". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "genuinely", "genie", "gentile", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin genuīnus (“innate, native, natural”), from genus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. The correct English form is genuine, spelled G-E-N-U-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native
- 2Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how genuine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials; genuine friendship
[…] and before you could say 'scissors' that customer had forgotten all about the genuine article, and was out of the shop with the bijoutry.
Etymology
From Latin genuīnus (“innate, native, natural”), from genus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egnuine
- geniune
- gennuine
- genuien
- genuinne
- genunie
- geunine
- ggenuine
- gneuine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of genuine - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "genuine", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.