Genji
\ɡɛn.dʒi\
The verdict
“Genji” is uncommon French (frequency #57,977 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,977
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ère du Japon entre 1864 et 1865.
| 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) |
Where “Genji” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Genji is uncommon French at frequency #57,977 among 194,371 “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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Using “Genji”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-E-N-J-I - 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.