géranium
\ʒe.ʁa.njɔm\
The verdict
“géranium” is uncommon French (frequency #57,995 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,995
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante du genre Geranium L., 1753, de la famille des Geraniaceae (Géraniacées), qui regroupe des espèces des régions tempérées dont quelques-unes sont cultivées pour leurs fleurs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-geranium · géranium · French
géranium · rank #57,995 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,995
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH guillotiné
Nearest frequency peer: guillotiné (-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 « géranium »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Guerin
Guerin
42,010 corpus weight
- guests
guests
42,009 corpus weight
- guillotiné
guillotiné
42,007 corpus weight
- géranium
géranium
42,006 corpus weight
- haineuses
haineuses
42,005 corpus weight
- halieutiques
halieutiques
42,004 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « géranium » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | géranium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒe.ʁa.njɔm\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,995 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « géranium » en français
Rare enough to double-check
géranium is uncommon French at frequency #57,995 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒe.ʁa.njɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for géranium, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is géranium, spelled G-É-R-A-N-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Plante du genre Geranium L., 1753, de la famille des Geraniaceae (Géraniacées), qui regroupe des espèces des régions tempérées dont quelques-unes sont cultivées pour leurs fleurs.
- 2Pélargonium (Pelargonium, L'Hér. , 1789)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how géranium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Geranium rotundifolium. Le Géranium à feuilles rondes. Ce Géranium eſt inutile dans les prairies, mais non entièrement dans les pâturages; les moutons, les chevaux & quelquefois les vaches le mangent, mais les cochons n’en veulent point.
Le Hortus Gandavensis, publié en 1817 à Gand, par le jardinier en chef Mussche, ne contient que 21 noms d’espèces de Géranium, cultivées toutes en pleine terre. C'est ici que nous trouvons pour la première fois, le Géranium séparé du Pélargonium. La collection de ce jardin s’est accrue depuis cette époque, et nous avons eu la satisfaction de voir au print…
This word in other languages
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 "géranium"?
What does "géranium" mean?
How do you pronounce "géranium"?
What language does "géranium" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "géranium", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).