genêt
\ʒə.nɛ\
The verdict
“genêt” is uncommon French (frequency #63,021 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,021
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Différents genres de plantes de la famille des Fabacées, qui renferment un grand nombre d’arbrisseaux et d’arbustes, la plupart à fleurs jaunes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | genêt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒə.nɛ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “genêt” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
genêt is uncommon French at frequency #63,021 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒə.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Différents genres de plantes de la famille des Fabacées, qui renferment un grand nombre d’arbrisseaux et d’arbustes, la plupart à fleurs jaunes.".
genêt has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is genêt, spelled G-E-N-Ê-T.
Definition
- 1Différents genres de plantes de la famille des Fabacées, qui renferment un grand nombre d’arbrisseaux et d’arbustes, la plupart à fleurs jaunes.
This word in other languages
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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Using “genêt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-E-N-Ê-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒə.nɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.