gencive
\ʒɑ̃.siv\
The verdict
“gencive” is uncommon French (frequency #55,307 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,307
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chair, tissus muqueux qui est autour des dents et dans laquelle celles-ci sont comme enchâssées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gencive · gencive · French
gencive · rank #55,307 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,307
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gimmick
Nearest frequency peer: gimmick (+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 « gencive »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gagnerons
gagnerons
44,698 corpus weight
- Garches
Garches
44,696 corpus weight
- gencive
gencive
44,694 corpus weight
- gimmick
gimmick
44,693 corpus weight
- glaciation
glaciation
44,692 corpus weight
- goulard
goulard
44,690 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gencive » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gencive |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɑ̃.siv\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,307 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gencive » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gencive is uncommon French at frequency #55,307 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒɑ̃.siv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chair, tissus muqueux qui est autour des dents et dans laquelle celles-ci sont comme enchâssées.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gencive in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gencive, spelled G-E-N-C-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Chair, tissus muqueux qui est autour des dents et dans laquelle celles-ci sont comme enchâssées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gencive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fumer abime la gencive.
Avoir les gencives enflées.
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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