gênée
\ʒe.ne\
The verdict
“gênée” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,212. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,212
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin singulier de gêné.
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 | gênée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʒe.ne\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #18,212 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gênée” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around gênée (IPA \ʒe.ne\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,212 among 194,371 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de gêné.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gênée, with forms such as "genee", "ggênée", and "gnêée". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gens", "Gent", "gone", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 gênée, spelled G-Ê-N-É-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de gêné.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- genee
- ggênée
- gnêée
- gêneé
- gênnée
- gêéne
- êgnée
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gênée - 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.
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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Using “gênée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-Ê-N-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒe.ne\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gens” - see the side-by-side comparison. gênée vs gens
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.