genio

/[ˈxenjo]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,562

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

genio is aSpanishnoun. It means: Índole o carácter de cada uno. Pronounced [ˈxenjo]. It ranks #3,562 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Gino and guió.

Key facts for genio
PropertyValue
Headwordgenio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈxenjo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,562
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of genio in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for genio is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈxenjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,562 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for genio, with forms such as "egnio", "geino", and "gennio". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gino", "guió", "gente", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is genio, spelled G-E-N-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Índole o carácter de cada uno.
  2. 2
    Facultad para controlar las acciones propias.
  3. 3
    Predisposición natural para cultivar algún ramo del saber humano.
  4. 4
    Ánimo, arrojo.
  5. 5
    Inteligencia, viveza en la acción.
  6. 6
    Espíritu que se supone presidir al bien, al mal, a la guerra, etc.
  7. 7
    Cada uno de los niños alados que comúnmente se colocan al lado de una divinidad; simbolizan virtudes y pasiones.
  8. 8
    Divinidad que se suponía árbitra de los destinos humanos y engendradora de cuanto hay en la Naturaleza.
  9. 9
    Cada una de las divinidades intermedias entre los dioses y los hombres.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egnio,geino,gennio,genoi,ggenio,gneio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for genio

Misspelling Variants of "genio"

egnio5geino5gennio6genoi5ggenio6gneio5
Misspelling Variants of "genio"

Frequency rank: #3,562 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "genio"?
"genio" is spelled G-E-N-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈxenjo].
What does "genio" mean?
As a noun, "genio" means: Índole o carácter de cada uno.
What words are commonly confused with "genio"?
"genio" is commonly confused with "Gino", "guió", "gente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "genio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "genio" is [ˈxenjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "genio" come from?
"genio" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.