génie
\ʒe.ni\
The verdict
“génie” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,081 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,081
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Esprit ou démon qui, selon les Romains, présidait à certains lieux, à des villes, etc.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | génie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒe.ni\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,081 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “génie” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for génie is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒe.ni\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,081 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for génie, with forms such as "genie", "ggénie", and "gnéie". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gens", "Gent", "gone", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is génie, spelled G-É-N-I-E.
Definition
- 1Esprit ou démon qui, selon les Romains, présidait à certains lieux, à des villes, etc.
- 2Entité magique bonne ou mauvaise ayant une influence sur la destinée.
- 3Personne qui par ses conseils ou ses exemples influe sur la vie d’une autre.
- 4Talent inné et exceptionnel d’une personne.
- 5Personne douée d’un talent exceptionnel dans un domaine.
- 6Qualité des esprits supérieurs qui les rend capables de créer, d’inventer, d’entreprendre des choses extraordinaires, etc.
- 7Caractère propre et distinctif.
- 8Allégorie, personnification des arts, de la science, de l’industrie, d’une idée abstraite.
- 9Art de fortifier, d’attaquer, de défendre une place, un camp, un poste.
- 10Corps des officiers des soldats qui font l’application de cet art.
- 11Domaine de connaissance lié à une technique.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: genie,ggénie,gnéie,géine,génei,génnie,égnie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of génie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “génie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-É-N-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒe.ni\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gens” - see the side-by-side comparison. génie vs gens
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.