Genji
\ɡɛn.dʒi\
The verdict
“Genji” is uncommon French (frequency #57,977 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,977
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ère du Japon entre 1864 et 1865.
Corpus desk
Index FR-genji · Genji · French
Genji · rank #57,977 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,977
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Givors
Nearest frequency peer: Givors (+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 « Genji »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- geindre
geindre
42,028 corpus weight
- Genji
Genji
42,024 corpus weight
- Givors
Givors
42,023 corpus weight
- globuleux
globuleux
42,022 corpus weight
- gneiss
gneiss
42,021 corpus weight
- goat
goat
42,020 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Genji » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Genji |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡɛn.dʒi\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Genji » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Genji is uncommon French at frequency #57,977 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡɛn.dʒi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ère du Japon entre 1864 et 1865.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Genji, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Genji, spelled G-E-N-J-I.
Definition
- 1Ère du Japon entre 1864 et 1865.
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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