gênent

\ʒɛn\

/\ʒɛn\/ verb

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The verdict

“gênent” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,190. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,190
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de gêner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-genent · gênent · French

gênent · rank #28,190 · 10 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,190
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gérez

Nearest frequency peer: gérez (-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 « gênent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gênent » 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).

gênent vs Gent
50% similar
gênent vs Gênes
50% similar
gênent vs Genève
17% similar

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

Key facts for gênent
PropertyValue
Headwordgênent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒɛn\
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,190
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gênent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.gênentse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gérez » (#28,189), « HADOPI » (#28,191), « Génois » (#28,188). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gênent » est au #28,190. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around gênent (IPA \ʒɛn\), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,190 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gênent, with forms such as "genent", "ggênent", and "gnêent". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Gent", "Gênes", "Genève", 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 gênent, spelled G-Ê-N-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de gêner.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de gêner.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • genent
  • ggênent
  • gnêent
  • gêennt
  • gênennt
  • gênentt
  • gênetn
  • gênnent
  • gênnet
  • êgnent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gênent - 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.

genent1ggênent1gnêent2gêennt2gênennt1gênentt1gênetn2gênnent1
Edit distance from "gênent"

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 "gênent"?
"gênent" is spelled G-Ê-N-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɛn\.
What does "gênent" mean?
As a verb, "gênent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de gêner.
What words are commonly confused with "gênent"?
"gênent" is commonly confused with "Gent", "Gênes", "Genève". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gênent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gênent" is \ʒɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gênent" come from?
"gênent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

HADOPI#28,191Génois#28,188guéris#28,186gazeux#28,179

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

graphie10 variantsGonzalo10 variantsillogique10 variantsfleuron10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list