généraliser

\ʒe.ne.ʁa.li.ze\

/\ʒe.ne.ʁa.li.ze\/ verb

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The verdict

“généraliser” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,898. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,898
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Donner un caractère général.

Corpus desk

Index FR-generaliser · généraliser · French

généraliser · rank #16,898 · 17 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,898
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gueuler

Nearest frequency peer: gueuler (-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 « généraliser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « généraliser » 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).

généraliser vs généralité
73% similar
généraliser vs généraliste
82% similar
généraliser vs généralités
73% similar

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

Key facts for généraliser
PropertyValue
Headwordgénéraliser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒe.ne.ʁa.li.ze\
Letters11
Frequency rank#16,898
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « généraliser »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.généraliserse 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 « gueuler » (#16,897), « Harlem » (#16,899), « grenouilles » (#16,896). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « généraliser » est au #16,898. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around généraliser (IPA \ʒe.ne.ʁa.li.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,898 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for généraliser, with forms such as "generaliser", "ggénéraliser", and "gnééraliser". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "généralité", "généraliste", "généralités", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is généraliser, spelled G-É-N-É-R-A-L-I-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Donner un caractère général.
  2. 2
    Conclure du particulier au général
  3. 3
    Étendre un fait à l’ensemble ou à beaucoup de personnes ou de choses.
  4. 4
    Devenir commun à beaucoup, devenir général, se répandre.
  5. 5
    Donner plus d’étendue à une idée, à un principe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Généraliser une méthode, un procédé.
  2. Notre esprit est naturellement porté à généraliser.

This word in other languages

generalize(English)generalizar(Español)generalizar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • generaliser
  • ggénéraliser
  • gnééraliser
  • génnéraliser
  • génréaliser
  • généarliser
  • générailser
  • généraliesr
  • généraliserr
  • généralisre
  • généralisser
  • généralliser
  • généralsier
  • générlaiser
  • générraliser
  • géénraliser
  • égnéraliser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of généraliser - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

generaliser2ggénéraliser1gnééraliser2génnéraliser1génréaliser2généarliser2générailser2généraliesr2
Edit distance from "généraliser"

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 "généraliser"?
"généraliser" is spelled G-É-N-É-R-A-L-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒe.ne.ʁa.li.ze\.
What does "généraliser" mean?
As a verb, "généraliser" means: Donner un caractère général.
What words are commonly confused with "généraliser"?
"généraliser" is commonly confused with "généralité", "généraliste", "généralités". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "généraliser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "généraliser" is \ʒe.ne.ʁa.li.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "généraliser" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

grenouilles#16,896intervalles#16,920covoiturage#16,849monumentale#16,949

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

majoritaires17 variantsconciliation17 variantsscandinaves17 variantssignalement17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list