gens

\ʒɑ̃\

/\ʒɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“gens” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #130. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#130
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personnes en nombre indéterminé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gens · gens · French

gens · rank #130 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #130
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH chez

Nearest frequency peer: chez (-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 « gens »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gens » 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).

gens vs Gs
25% similar
gens vs GN
0% similar
gens vs GPS
0% similar

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

Key facts for gens
PropertyValue
Headwordgens
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɑ̃\
Letters4
Frequency rank#130
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gens »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gensse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chez » (#129), « juste » (#131), « toute » (#128). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gens » est au #130. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around gens (IPA \ʒɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #130 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for gens, with forms such as "egns", "genns", and "genss". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gs", "GN", "GPS", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gens, spelled G-E-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personnes en nombre indéterminé.
  2. 2
    Population, dans un ensemble indistinct, sans relief.
  3. 3
    Tous ceux qui sont d’un état, d’une profession quelconque.
  4. 4
    Ceux qui sont d’un parti, par opposition à ceux de l’autre.
  5. 5
    Personnes qui sont d’une même partie de jeu, de festin, etc.
  6. 6
    Domestiques.
  7. 7
    Les parents, père et mère.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les flibustiers sont gens hardis et surtout clairvoyants et rusés comme des singes.
  2. Je regardais les gens entrer dans la cour, les hommes en redingotes sombres, les femmes long voilées de noir.

This word in other languages

people(English)gente(Español)Leute(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egns
  • genns
  • genss
  • gesn
  • ggens
  • gnes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gens - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

egns2genns1genss1gesn2ggens1gnes2
Edit distance from "gens"

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 "gens"?
"gens" is spelled G-E-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɑ̃\.
What does "gens" mean?
As a noun, "gens" means: Personnes en nombre indéterminé.
What words are commonly confused with "gens"?
"gens" is commonly confused with "Gs", "GN", "GPS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gens"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gens" is \ʒɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gens" come from?
"gens" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chez#129trop#125soit#124pays#137

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

toute6 variantsainsi6 variantsdéjà6 variantsdont6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list