genoux

\ʒə.nu\

/\ʒə.nu\/ noun

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The verdict

“genoux” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,675. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,675
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-genoux · genoux · French

genoux · rank #4,675 · 8 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,675
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH féminine

Nearest frequency peer: féminine (-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 « genoux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « genoux » 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).

genoux vs Giroux
50% similar
genoux vs genou
83% similar
genoux vs Génois
33% similar

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

Key facts for genoux
PropertyValue
Headwordgenoux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒə.nu\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,675
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « genoux »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).genouxse 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 « féminine » (#4,674), « guitare » (#4,676), « fumée » (#4,673). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « genoux » est au #4,675. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around genoux (IPA \ʒə.nu\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,675 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de genou.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for genoux, with forms such as "egnoux", "gennoux", and "genouxx". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Giroux", "genou", "Génois", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 genoux, spelled G-E-N-O-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de genou.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il balbutia quelques mots, puis tira son couteau de sa poche, un eustache à manche de corne, coupa son pain par le milieu et en mit la moitié sur les genoux de la jeune mère, qui regarda étonnée ; mais il avait déjà tourné le coin de la rue.
  2. Devant la porte, étaient réunies à genoux vingt-quatre jeunes filles, appartenant aux familles les plus distinguées de Verrières.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnoux
  • gennoux
  • genouxx
  • genoxu
  • genuox
  • geonux
  • ggenoux
  • gneoux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of genoux - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

egnoux2gennoux1genouxx1genoxu2genuox2geonux2ggenoux1gneoux2
Edit distance from "genoux"

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 "genoux"?
"genoux" is spelled G-E-N-O-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒə.nu\.
What does "genoux" mean?
As a noun, "genoux" means: Pluriel de genou.
What words are commonly confused with "genoux"?
"genoux" is commonly confused with "Giroux", "genou", "Génois". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "genoux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "genoux" is \ʒə.nu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "genoux" come from?
"genoux" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

failli#4,669duquel#4,665Jérôme#4,685lâcher#4,689

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

excès8 variantsdépit8 variantscrâne8 variantscalmer8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list