ge-
\ɡe\
The verdict
“ge-” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a particle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Préfixe et particule verbale inséparable utilisé pour construire le participe passé des verbes simples et de ceux à particule séparable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ge · ge- · French
ge- · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ge- |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Particle |
| IPA | \ɡe\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ge- is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aparticle, transcribed \ɡe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Préfixe et particule verbale inséparable utilisé pour construire le participe passé des verbes simples et de ceux à particule séparable.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ge- in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ge-, spelled G-E--.
Definition
- 1Préfixe et particule verbale inséparable utilisé pour construire le participe passé des verbes simples et de ceux à particule séparable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ge- appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
kommen (venir) → gekommen (venu).
essen (manger) → gegessen (mangé).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.