génitrice

\ʒe.ni.tʁis\

/\ʒe.ni.tʁis\/ noun

The verdict

“génitrice” is uncommon French (frequency #74,051 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,051
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui engendre, mère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-genitrice · génitrice · French

génitrice · rank #74,051 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,051
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH génisses

Nearest frequency peer: génisses (-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 « génitrice »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « génitrice » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for génitrice
PropertyValue
Headwordgénitrice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒe.ni.tʁis\
Letters9
Frequency rank#74,051
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « génitrice » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.génitricetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « génisses » (#74,050), « géraient » (#74,052), « Hannes » (#74,053). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « génitrice » est au #74,051. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

génitrice is uncommon French at frequency #74,051 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒe.ni.tʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celle qui engendre, mère.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for génitrice, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is génitrice, spelled G-É-N-I-T-R-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui engendre, mère.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how génitrice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La génitrice se vit proposer au choix n’importe lequel de ces trois noms : Mokki, Sosie, ou bien celui du saint martyr Khozdazat.
  2. Elle était en effet l’obligée de nos fautes, car sans le péché de l’homme, Jésus ne serait point né sous l’aspect peccamineux de notre ressemblance et Elle n’aurait pu dès lors être la génitrice immaculée d’un Dieu.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "génitrice"?
"génitrice" is spelled G-É-N-I-T-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒe.ni.tʁis\.
What does "génitrice" mean?
As a noun, "génitrice" means: Celle qui engendre, mère.
How do you pronounce "génitrice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "génitrice" is \ʒe.ni.tʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "génitrice" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "génitrice", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list