gênante
\ʒɛ.nɑ̃t\
The verdict
“gênante” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,672. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,672
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de gênant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-genante · gênante · French
gênante · rank #25,672 · 11 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,672
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH générée
Nearest frequency peer: générée (-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 « gênante »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- grimpé
grimpé
74,332 corpus weight
- GSM
GSM
74,331 corpus weight
- générée
générée
74,330 corpus weight
- gênante
gênante
74,329 corpus weight
- haché
haché
74,328 corpus weight
- harmonieuse
harmonieuse
74,326 corpus weight
What this shows « gênante » 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 | gênante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʒɛ.nɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #25,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gênante »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around gênante (IPA \ʒɛ.nɑ̃t\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,672 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de gênant.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for gênante, with forms such as "genante", "ggênante", and "gnêante". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "gente", "gérant", "gênent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gênante, spelled G-Ê-N-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de gênant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gênante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Son premier cep l’émut : quand elle fit sauter le lien de paille, elle eut l’impression de déceinturer une fille, après quoi, écartant les sarments, porteurs de grappes, fourrageant entre les grosses feuilles cuirassées de sulfate, elle eut la sensation gênante de violer de ses propres mains et de fouiller elle ne savait quels ovaires dont elle ramenait l…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- genante
- ggênante
- gnêante
- gêannte
- gênanet
- gênannte
- gênantte
- gênatne
- gênnante
- gênnate
- êgnante
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gênante - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gênante", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).