génie du mal
The verdict
“génie du mal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné parfois au diable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-genie-du-mal · génie du mal · French
génie du mal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | génie du mal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « génie du mal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
génie du mal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for génie du mal in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is génie du mal, spelled G-É-N-I-E- -D-U- -M-A-L.
Definition
- 1Nom donné parfois au diable.
- 2Représentation, en sculpture ou en peinture de ce diable.
- 3Personnage doté d'une intelligence supérieure, dont il se sert pour élaborer et mettre à exécution des plans complexes et criminels.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how génie du mal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le curé jeta sur cette femme un regard semblable à celui que lance un médecin sur un malade en danger, et résolut de faire tous ses efforts pour la disputer au génie du mal qui étendait déjà la main sur elle.
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.