génital
\ʒe.ni.tal\
The verdict
“génital” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,302. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,302
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui sert à la génération, à la reproduction biologique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-genital · génital · French
génital · rank #40,302 · 11 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,302
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gymnases
Nearest frequency peer: gymnases (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « génital »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- guidera
guidera
59,702 corpus weight
- guérissent
guérissent
59,701 corpus weight
- gymnases
gymnases
59,700 corpus weight
- génital
génital
59,699 corpus weight
- halls
halls
59,698 corpus weight
- handisport
handisport
59,696 corpus weight
What this shows « génital » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | génital |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʒe.ni.tal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,302 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « génital »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around génital (IPA \ʒe.ni.tal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,302 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for génital, with forms such as "genital", "ggénital", and "gnéital". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "gentil", "génitaux", "génitale", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is génital, spelled G-É-N-I-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui sert à la génération, à la reproduction biologique.
- 2Relatif aux organes de reproduction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how génital appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La glande génitale est située dans le cœlome, et sans continuité avec les conduits génitaux ; une partie de la couronne pédieuse péribuccale est hectocotylisée, c'est-à-dire modifiée en organe d'accouplement, chez le mâle.
Nous avions à résoudre un double problème urinaire, un problème génital et un pariétal.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- genital
- ggénital
- gnéital
- géintal
- géniatl
- génitall
- génitla
- génittal
- génnital
- géntial
- égnital
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of génital - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "génital", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).