Geist

\ɡaɪ̯st\

/\ɡaɪ̯st\/ noun

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The verdict

“Geist” is uncommon French (frequency #72,356 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,356
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Esprit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-geist · Geist · French

Geist · rank #72,356 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,356
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH ged

Nearest frequency peer: ged (-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 « Geist »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Geist » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Geist
PropertyValue
HeadwordGeist
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡaɪ̯st\
Letters5
Frequency rank#72,356
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Geist » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Geisttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « ged » (#72,355), « gaspillée » (#72,354), « Gennes » (#72,358). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Geist » est au #72,356. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Geist is uncommon French at frequency #72,356 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡaɪ̯st\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Geist, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Geist, spelled G-E-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Esprit.
  2. 2
    Génie.
  3. 3
    Revenant, esprit.
  4. 4
    Esprit, l’idée de base.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Geist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der menschliche Geist kann manche Dinge einfach nicht erfassen.
  2. Er schrieb im L’Idiot international, der Zeitung von Jean-Edern Hallier, die keine ideologischen Schwarz-Weiß-Zeichner, sondern nonkonformistische, brillante Geister zusammenführte.

Synonyms

SinnPersönlichkeitEssenzVerstandKopfQuintessenzIntellektGespenst

Antonyms

InstinktBuchstabePsycheBrandWasserWortlautSeeleFleischKörperLeib

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 "Geist"?
"Geist" is spelled G-E-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡaɪ̯st\.
What does "Geist" mean?
As a noun, "Geist" means: Esprit.
How do you pronounce "Geist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Geist" is \ɡaɪ̯st\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Geist" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Geist", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fusco#72,347Givry#72,370forth#72,339haden#72,391

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list