congénère
\kɔ̃.ʒe.nɛʁ\
The verdict
“congénère” is uncommon French (frequency #81,911 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,911
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui appartient au même genre. De la même espèce, en parlant des animaux et des végétaux.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | congénère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.ʒe.nɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “congénère” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
congénère is uncommon French at frequency #81,911 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃.ʒe.nɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for congénère, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is congénère, spelled C-O-N-G-É-N-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui appartient au même genre. De la même espèce, en parlant des animaux et des végétaux.
- 2Qui présente de nombreuses ressemblances.
- 3Qui concourent à produire un même mouvement, en parlant de muscles.
- 4Qui ont été créés, produits durant la même période, en parlant des minéraux.
- 5Caractérise des mots, locutions, verbes de la même famille.
- 6Navire-jumeau, navire frère, bâtiment frère.
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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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “congénère”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-G-É-N-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃.ʒe.nɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.