genièvre
\ʒə.njɛvʁ\
The verdict
“genièvre” is uncommon French (frequency #66,758 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,758
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom vulgaire du genévrier commun, (Juniperus communis) arbuste odoriférant dont les feuilles sont cylindriques, un peu longues et pointues par le bout, et qui porte, comme le laurier, un petit frui...
Corpus desk
Index FR-genievre · genièvre · French
genièvre · rank #66,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,758
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH girly
Nearest frequency peer: girly (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « genièvre »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- garçonne
garçonne
33,247 corpus weight
- gatti
gatti
33,246 corpus weight
- genièvre
genièvre
33,243 corpus weight
- girly
girly
33,242 corpus weight
- gitanes
gitanes
33,240 corpus weight
- gives
gives
33,239 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « genièvre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | genièvre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒə.njɛvʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « genièvre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
genièvre is uncommon French at frequency #66,758 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒə.njɛvʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for genièvre in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is genièvre, spelled G-E-N-I-È-V-R-E.
Definition
- 1Nom vulgaire du genévrier commun, (Juniperus communis) arbuste odoriférant dont les feuilles sont cylindriques, un peu longues et pointues par le bout, et qui porte, comme le laurier, un petit fruit rond et noir.
- 2Cône bacciforme du genévrier commun : baie de genièvre.
- 3Liqueur faite avec du grain de genièvre.
- 4Bois du genévrier commun.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how genièvre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bois de genièvre.
Le monarque gisait encore tout près du trône, dans une épaisse fumée de genièvre que l’on dit agréable aux narines des morts.
This word in other languages
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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