génocide

\ʒe.nɔ.sid\

/\ʒe.nɔ.sid\/ noun

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The verdict

“génocide” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,190. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,190
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élimination physique intentionnelle, totale ou partielle, d’un groupe humain (national, ethnique ou religieux) ce qui veut dire que les membres sont exterminés ou rendus incapables de procréer en r...

Corpus desk

Index FR-genocide · génocide · French

génocide · rank #7,190 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,190
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gains

Nearest frequency peer: gains (-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 « génocide »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « génocide » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

génocide vs génoise
75% similar
génocide vs génocides
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for génocide
PropertyValue
Headwordgénocide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒe.nɔ.sid\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,190
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « génocide »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.génocidese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gains » (#7,189), « gérant » (#7,191), « femelle » (#7,188). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « génocide » est au #7,190. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around génocide (IPA \ʒe.nɔ.sid\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,190 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for génocide, with forms such as "genocide", "ggénocide", and "gnéocide". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "génoise", "génocides", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is génocide, spelled G-É-N-O-C-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élimination physique intentionnelle, totale ou partielle, d’un groupe humain (national, ethnique ou religieux) ce qui veut dire que les membres sont exterminés ou rendus incapables de procréer en raison de leur appartenance au groupe.
  2. 2
    Hécatombe, mort violente et rapide d’un grand nombre de personnes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La destruction des systèmes de réciprocité africains par la colonisation et la généralisation de la domination du marché capitaliste conduisent à l’ethnocide, à l’« économicide » et au génocide.
  2. En décembre 2003, le Tribunal international pour le Rwanda a condamné trois hommes pour incitation directe et publique au génocide, pour avoir proféré des mots ayant semé la haine, pour avoir appelé, à la radio, « à stigmatiser l’appartenance ethnique de manière à entraîner le mépris et la haine pour la population tutsi ».

This word in other languages

genocide(English)genocidio(Español)Völkermord(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • genocide
  • ggénocide
  • gnéocide
  • géncoide
  • génnocide
  • génoccide
  • génocdie
  • génocidde
  • génocied
  • génoicde
  • géoncide
  • égnocide

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of génocide - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

genocide1ggénocide1gnéocide2géncoide2génnocide1génoccide1génocdie2génocidde1
Edit distance from "génocide"

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 "génocide"?
"génocide" is spelled G-É-N-O-C-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒe.nɔ.sid\.
What does "génocide" mean?
As a noun, "génocide" means: Élimination physique intentionnelle, totale ou partielle, d’un groupe humain (national, ethnique ou religieux) ce qui veut dire que les membres sont exterminés ou rendus incapables de procréer en r...
What words are commonly confused with "génocide"?
"génocide" is commonly confused with "génoise", "génocides". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "génocide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "génocide" is \ʒe.nɔ.sid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "génocide" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

instinct#7,197croyance#7,171poétique#7,220prestige#7,221

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

commenter12 variantsracheter12 variantsrecruter12 variantsautorisée12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list