generic
\dʒɪˈnɛɹ.ɪk\
The verdict
“generic” is uncommon French (frequency #63,787 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,787
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Générique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-generic · generic · French
generic · rank #63,787 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,787
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH garçonnet
Nearest frequency peer: garçonnet (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « generic »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gambader
gambader
36,218 corpus weight
- garderez
garderez
36,217 corpus weight
- garçonnet
garçonnet
36,215 corpus weight
- generic
generic
36,214 corpus weight
- Gerda
Gerda
36,213 corpus weight
- gesta
gesta
36,211 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « generic » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | generic |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dʒɪˈnɛɹ.ɪk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,787 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « generic » en français
Rare enough to double-check
generic is uncommon French at frequency #63,787 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dʒɪˈnɛɹ.ɪk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for generic in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 generic, spelled G-E-N-E-R-I-C.
Definition
- 1Générique.
- 2Générique, sans marque.
- 3Générique, typé à la compilation.
- 4Relatif à un gène.
Antonyms
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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