Genlis
The verdict
“Genlis” is uncommon French (frequency #67,544 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,544
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Côte-d’Or.
Corpus desk
Index FR-genlis · Genlis · French
Genlis · rank #67,544 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,544
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gauchère
Nearest frequency peer: gauchère (-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 « Genlis »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gargouilles
gargouilles
32,460 corpus weight
- Garnett
Garnett
32,459 corpus weight
- gauchère
gauchère
32,458 corpus weight
- Genlis
Genlis
32,457 corpus weight
- gerra
gerra
32,456 corpus weight
- geun
geun
32,455 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Genlis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Genlis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,544 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Genlis » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Genlis is uncommon French at frequency #67,544 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Genlis in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Genlis, spelled G-E-N-L-I-S.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Côte-d’Or.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département de la Côte-d’Or.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Genlis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Moi je suis de Genlis près de Dijon; dites que vous êtes aussi de Genlis, et cousin de ma mère.
De même on voit huit soitures du seigneur de Genlis chalander avec huit soitures du seigneur de Magny-sur-Tille.
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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