génialité
\ʒe.nja.li.te\
The verdict
“génialité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualité de celui ou de celle qui a du génie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-genialite · génialité · French
génialité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | génialité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒe.nja.li.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « génialité » en français
Rare enough to double-check
génialité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒe.nja.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
génialité has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is génialité, spelled G-É-N-I-A-L-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Qualité de celui ou de celle qui a du génie.
- 2Caractère de ce qui est génial.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how génialité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On imaginait mal la génialité créative que Jérôme avait investie dans l’entreprise qui interpellait les tout-parisiens : faire le vide par l’évacuation des morts illustres (Céline, Morand, Aragon, […]), nous réserver tout l’espace ainsi libéré, ce n’est pas Tribaudet qui aurait eu une idée pareille.
Hyppolite consentit à m’adresser une longue lettre circonstanciée, témoignant de ma génialité philosophique, et tellement belle qu’elle seule eût suffi à me faire acquitter.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.