géhenne
\ʒe.ɛn\
The verdict
“géhenne” is uncommon French (frequency #92,809 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,809
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - L’enfer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gehenne · géhenne · French
géhenne · rank #92,809 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,809
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH géminées
Nearest frequency peer: géminées (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « géhenne »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- grossie
grossie
7,197 corpus weight
- géhenne
géhenne
7,192 corpus weight
- géminées
géminées
7,191 corpus weight
- géothermiqu…
géothermiques
7,190 corpus weight
- hagards
hagards
7,189 corpus weight
- hallu
hallu
7,188 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « géhenne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | géhenne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒe.ɛn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #92,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « géhenne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
géhenne is uncommon French at frequency #92,809 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒe.ɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for géhenne, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 géhenne, spelled G-É-H-E-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1L’enfer.
- 2Endroit où l’on a beaucoup à souffrir, comparable à l’enfer.
- 3Torture ; intense souffrance ; douleur intolérable.
- 4Souffrance physique ou morale atroce.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how géhenne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Par contre, la Géhenne et ses tourments de feu seront réservés à ceux qui n’ont pas été fidèles aux commandements durant leur vie.
Aucun de nous ne savait ce qu’était la Géhenne, mais j’ai tout de même levé la main et j’ai dit : « Je sais, Rebbe, je sais… La Géhenne, c’est l’endroit où on envoie des casses-pieds comme nous ! Il n’y a ni bonbons, ni bubble-gum ni rien du tout dans la Géhenne, […]. »
This word in other languages
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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