geisha
\ɡe.ʃa\
The verdict
“geisha” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,288. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,288
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au Japon, femme chanteuse, danseuse, hôtesse, artiste et entraîneuse ayant reçu une éducation spécifique. Historiquement, des hommes ont aussi été geishas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-geisha · geisha · French
geisha · rank #40,288 · 8 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #40,288
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gaullisme
Nearest frequency peer: gaullisme (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « geisha »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- fâchent
fâchent
59,717 corpus weight
- gaffes
gaffes
59,716 corpus weight
- gaullisme
gaullisme
59,714 corpus weight
- geisha
geisha
59,713 corpus weight
- gloires
gloires
59,710 corpus weight
- gonzesse
gonzesse
59,709 corpus weight
What this shows « geisha » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | geisha |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡe.ʃa\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #40,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « geisha »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around geisha (IPA \ɡe.ʃa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,288 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Au Japon, femme chanteuse, danseuse, hôtesse, artiste et entraîneuse ayant reçu une éducation spécifique. Historiquement, des hommes ont aussi été geishas.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for geisha, with forms such as "egisha", "geihsa", and "geisah". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "glissa", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is geisha, spelled G-E-I-S-H-A.
Definition
- 1Au Japon, femme chanteuse, danseuse, hôtesse, artiste et entraîneuse ayant reçu une éducation spécifique. Historiquement, des hommes ont aussi été geishas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how geisha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un cultivateur de riz, un autre de thé, un ostréiculteur, un moine bouddhiste cuisinier, un forgeron de katana, un champion de plongée libre, une geiko (geisha de Kyoto) ou encore une jeune karatéka témoignent de leur quotidien et de l’importance qu’ils accordent à la composante spirituelle de ce qui les environne ainsi que de leur attachement aux traditi…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egisha
- geihsa
- geisah
- geishha
- geissha
- gesiha
- ggeisha
- giesha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of geisha - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "geisha"?
What does "geisha" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "geisha"?
How do you pronounce "geisha"?
What language does "geisha" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "geisha", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).