género
[ˈxeneɾo]
The verdict
“género” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,036. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,036
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grupo de entidades, que son partes de un grupo mayor, pero se distinguen del resto por poseer un número de rasgos o condiciones en común.
Corpus desk
Index ES-genero · género · Spanish
género · rank #1,036 · 8 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,036
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,549
- PHOTO-FINISH ganas
Nearest frequency peer: ganas (-1 rank slots)
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 “género”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- don
don
98,968 corpus weight
- fe
fe
98,967 corpus weight
- ganas
ganas
98,966 corpus weight
- género
género
98,965 corpus weight
- muerto
muerto
98,964 corpus weight
- nación
nación
98,963 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “género” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish 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 | género |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈxeneɾo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “género” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around género (IPA [ˈxeneɾo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,036 among 17,549 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for género, with forms such as "ggénero", "gnéero", and "géenro". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "genio", "genes", "Giner", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is género, spelled G-É-N-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1Grupo de entidades, que son partes de un grupo mayor, pero se distinguen del resto por poseer un número de rasgos o condiciones en común.
- 2En particular, rango de la taxonomía biológica, más amplio que la especie y más restringido que la familia.
- 3Rasgo de algunas clases de palabras en numerosos idiomas, que gobierna la flexión de las restantes que concuerdan con ellas.
- 4Cada una de las formas convencionales que adoptan las obras literarias o artísticas.
- 5Conjunto de atributos distintivos que culturalmente se asignan a las personas a partir de su sexo biológico.
- 6Tela.
- 7Artículo obtenido o almacenado para su venta.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggénero
- gnéero
- géenro
- géneor
- génerro
- génnero
- génreo
- égnero
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of género - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Spanish 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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "género", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 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.