généreux

/\ʒe.ne.ʁø\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,459

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

généreux is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est de nature élevée, noble. Pronounced \ʒe.ne.ʁø\. It ranks #5,459 in French word frequency. Often confused with générer and générée.

Key facts for généreux
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Headwordgénéreux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ʒe.ne.ʁø\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,459
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of généreux in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for généreux is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒe.ne.ʁø\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,459 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for généreux, with forms such as "genereux", "ggénéreux", and "gnééreux". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "générer", "générée", "généraux", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is généreux, spelled G-É-N-É-R-E-U-X, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est de nature élevée, noble.
  2. 2
    Qui est l’indice d’une âme généreuse ; qui part d’une âme généreuse.
  3. 3
    Qui est porté à donner plus qu’il n’est tenu de donner, ou à recevoir moins que ce qu’il a le droit de réclamer.
  4. 4
    Qui produit beaucoup.
  5. 5
    Qui a du corps et qui réconforte.
  6. 6
    Qui est de bonne race, de race noble, qui a le sens de l’honneur. On ne retrouve plus cette acception que dans les expressions poétiques :
  7. 7
    Présent en grandes quantités ; volumineux.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: genereux,ggénéreux,gnééreux,génnéreux,génréeux,généerux,généreuxx,générexu,générreux,généruex,géénreux,égnéreux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for généreux

Misspelling Variants of "généreux"

genereux8ggénéreux9gnééreux8génnéreux9génréeux8généerux8généreuxx9générexu8
Misspelling Variants of "généreux"

Frequency rank: #5,459 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "généreux"?
"généreux" is spelled G-É-N-É-R-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒe.ne.ʁø\.
What does "généreux" mean?
As an adj, "généreux" means: Qui est de nature élevée, noble.
What words are commonly confused with "généreux"?
"généreux" is commonly confused with "générer", "générée", "généraux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "généreux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "généreux" is \ʒe.ne.ʁø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "généreux" come from?
"généreux" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.