genièvre
\ʒə.njɛvʁ\
The verdict
“genièvre” is an uncommon French word, ranked #66,758 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #66,758
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “genièvre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for genièvre is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒə.njɛvʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #66,758 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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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- The one correct French spelling is G-E-N-I-È-V-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.