géniale

\ʒe.njal\

/\ʒe.njal\/ adj

The verdict

“géniale” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,552. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,552
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de génial.

Corpus desk

Index FR-geniale · géniale · French

géniale · rank #8,552 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,552
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gâteaux

Nearest frequency peer: gâteaux (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « géniale »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « géniale » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

géniale vs génie
71% similar
géniale vs géniaux
71% similar
géniale vs génital
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for géniale
PropertyValue
Headwordgéniale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʒe.njal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,552
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « géniale »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).génialese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gâteaux » (#8,551), « han » (#8,553), « guerriers » (#8,550). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « géniale » est au #8,552. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around géniale (IPA \ʒe.njal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,552 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de génial.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for géniale, with forms such as "geniale", "ggéniale", and "gnéiale". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "génie", "géniaux", "génital", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is géniale, spelled G-É-N-I-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de génial.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how géniale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. J’ai donc eu une idée géniale : plutôt que de préparer une explosion qui risquait de mal tourner pour moi, j’allais mener à bien la rupture de voie en déclissant et en détirefonnant un couple de rails.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • geniale
  • ggéniale
  • gnéiale
  • géinale
  • génaile
  • géniael
  • génialle
  • génilae
  • génniale
  • égniale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of géniale - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

geniale1ggéniale1gnéiale2géinale2génaile2géniael2génialle1génilae2
Edit distance from "géniale"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "géniale"?
"géniale" is spelled G-É-N-I-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒe.njal\.
What does "géniale" mean?
As an adjective, "géniale" means: Féminin singulier de génial.
What words are commonly confused with "géniale"?
"géniale" is commonly confused with "génie", "géniaux", "génital". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "géniale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "géniale" is \ʒe.njal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "géniale" come from?
"géniale" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "géniale", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list