génisse
\ʒe.nis\
The verdict
“génisse” is uncommon French (frequency #73,214 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,214
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeune vache ou bisonne nullipare.
Corpus desk
Index FR-genisse · génisse · French
génisse · rank #73,214 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,214
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gâches
Nearest frequency peer: gâches (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “génisse”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- guidait
guidait
26,791 corpus weight
- gull
gull
26,789 corpus weight
- gâches
gâches
26,788 corpus weight
- génisse
génisse
26,787 corpus weight
- halieutique
halieutique
26,784 corpus weight
- Harbin
Harbin
26,783 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “génisse” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | génisse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒe.nis\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “génisse” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
génisse is uncommon French at frequency #73,214 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒe.nis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jeune vache ou bisonne nullipare.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for génisse, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is génisse, spelled G-É-N-I-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Jeune vache ou bisonne nullipare.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how génisse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Voyez-vous, à la tombée du jour, les plus petits courir à travers bois au-devant de l’aîné, qui ramène deux génisses du pâturage ?
Une bousculade plus violente se produisit ; les petits veaux et les génisses rejetés de droite et de gauche par la poussée des grands bestiaux s’égratignèrent aux ronces flottantes des haies.
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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