génération spontanée

noun

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The verdict

“génération spontanée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Génération d’un organisme vivant à partir de rien (ni parents, ni germe), considéré autrefois comme possible pour certains animaux comme les mouches et pour les microorganismes.

Key facts for génération spontanée
PropertyValue
Headwordgénération spontanée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “génération spontanée” sits in French frequency

génération spontanée falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

génération spontanée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Génération d’un organisme vivant à partir de rien (ni parents, ni germe), considéré autrefois comme possible pour certains animaux comme les mouches et pour les microorganismes.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for génération spontanée, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 génération spontanée, spelled G-É-N-É-R-A-T-I-O-N- -S-P-O-N-T-A-N-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Génération d’un organisme vivant à partir de rien (ni parents, ni germe), considéré autrefois comme possible pour certains animaux comme les mouches et pour les microorganismes.

Synonyms

abiogenèseautogenèse

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "génération spontanée"?
"génération spontanée" is spelled G-É-N-É-R-A-T-I-O-N- -S-P-O-N-T-A-N-É-E.
What does "génération spontanée" mean?
As a noun, "génération spontanée" means: Génération d’un organisme vivant à partir de rien (ni parents, ni germe), considéré autrefois comme possible pour certains animaux comme les mouches et pour les microorganismes.
What language does "génération spontanée" come from?
"génération spontanée" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “génération spontanée”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is G-É-N-É-R-A-T-I-O-N- -S-P-O-N-T-A-N-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list