genouillères

\ʒə.nu.jɛʁ\

/\ʒə.nu.jɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“genouillères” is uncommon French (frequency #91,731 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,731
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de genouillère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-genouilleres · genouillères · French

genouillères · rank #91,731 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,731
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH geno

Nearest frequency peer: geno (-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 « genouillères »

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 « genouillères » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for genouillères
PropertyValue
Headwordgenouillères
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒə.nu.jɛʁ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#91,731
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « genouillères » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « geno » (#91,730), « garnit » (#91,729), « gerbille » (#91,733). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « genouillères » est au #91,731. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

genouillères is uncommon French at frequency #91,731 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒə.nu.jɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de genouillère.".

genouillères has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is genouillères, spelled G-E-N-O-U-I-L-L-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de genouillère.

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 "genouillères"?
"genouillères" is spelled G-E-N-O-U-I-L-L-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒə.nu.jɛʁ\.
What does "genouillères" mean?
As a noun, "genouillères" means: Pluriel de genouillère.
How do you pronounce "genouillères"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "genouillères" is \ʒə.nu.jɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "genouillères" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list