gendre

\ʒɑ̃dʁ\

/\ʒɑ̃dʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“gendre” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,178. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,178
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le mari de la fille ou du fils de quelqu’un.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gendre · gendre · French

gendre · rank #13,178 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,178
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gagnez

Nearest frequency peer: gagnez (-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 « gendre »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « gendre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gendre vs gène
50% similar
gendre vs gere
67% similar
gendre vs genre
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gendre
PropertyValue
Headwordgendre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɑ̃dʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,178
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gendre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gendrese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gagnez » (#13,177), « gravures » (#13,179), « féroce » (#13,176). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gendre » est au #13,178. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around gendre (IPA \ʒɑ̃dʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,178 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Le mari de la fille ou du fils de quelqu’un.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for gendre, with forms such as "egndre", "gednre", and "genddre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "gène", "gere", "genre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gendre, spelled G-E-N-D-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Le mari de la fille ou du fils de quelqu’un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pibrac allait criant partout: « Un homme à la mer! » quand il était question d'Hervé promu à la dignité de gendre d'un capitaliste.
  2. Un réconfort moral nous attendait pourtant là-bas puisque nous y avons retrouvé des Vouzinois, une dame accompagnée de sa fille et de son gendre.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egndre
  • gednre
  • genddre
  • gendrre
  • genndre
  • genrde
  • ggendre
  • gnedre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gendre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

egndre2gednre2genddre1gendrre1genndre1genrde2ggendre1gnedre2
Edit distance from "gendre"

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 "gendre"?
"gendre" is spelled G-E-N-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɑ̃dʁ\.
What does "gendre" mean?
As a noun, "gendre" means: Le mari de la fille ou du fils de quelqu’un.
What words are commonly confused with "gendre"?
"gendre" is commonly confused with "gène", "gere", "genre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gendre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gendre" is \ʒɑ̃dʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gendre" come from?
"gendre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gendre", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list