génial

/\ʒe.njal\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,519

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

génial is anFrenchadj. It means: Où il y a du génie. Pronounced \ʒe.njal\. It ranks #2,519 in French word frequency. Often confused with génie and gentil.

Key facts for génial
PropertyValue
Headwordgénial
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ʒe.njal\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,519
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for génial is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒe.njal\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,519 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for génial, with forms such as "genial", "ggénial", and "gnéial". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "génie", "gentil", "génies", 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 génial, spelled G-É-N-I-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Où il y a du génie.
  2. 2
    (Utilisé aussi comme une interjection) Excellent, remarquable, extraordinaire.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: genial,ggénial,gnéial,géinal,génail,géniall,génila,génnial,égnial

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for génial

Misspelling Variants of "génial"

genial6ggénial7gnéial6géinal6génail6géniall7génila6génnial7
Misspelling Variants of "génial"

Frequency rank: #2,519 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "génial"?
"génial" is spelled G-É-N-I-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒe.njal\.
What does "génial" mean?
As an adj, "génial" means: Où il y a du génie.
What words are commonly confused with "génial"?
"génial" is commonly confused with "génie", "gentil", "génies". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "génial"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "génial" is \ʒe.njal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "génial" come from?
"génial" 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.