germe

\ʒɛʁm\

/\ʒɛʁm\/ noun

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The verdict

“germe” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,984. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,984
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rudiment de tout être organisé, végétal ou animal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-germe · germe · French

germe · rank #24,984 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,984
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Georgia

Nearest frequency peer: Georgia (-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 « germe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « germe » 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).

germe vs gré
40% similar
germe vs grue
60% similar
germe vs gore
60% similar

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

Key facts for germe
PropertyValue
Headwordgerme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɛʁm\
Letters5
Frequency rank#24,984
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « germe »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).germese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Georgia » (#24,983), « gaine » (#24,982), « gorille » (#24,986). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « germe » est au #24,984. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around germe (IPA \ʒɛʁm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,984 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for germe, with forms such as "egrme", "gemre", and "gerem". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gré", "grue", "gore", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is germe, spelled G-E-R-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rudiment de tout être organisé, végétal ou animal.
  2. 2
    Partie compacte et glaireuse qui se trouve dans l’œuf.
  3. 3
    Ovaire, partie de la fleur qui devient le fruit lorsque la fécondation s’est opérée.
  4. 4
    Partie de la semence dont se forme la plante.
  5. 5
    Partie d’une racine bulbeuse ou tubéreuse, ou d'un rhizome qui produit une nouvelle plante.
  6. 6
    Première pousse qui sort d’une graine, d’une bulbe, etc., lorsqu’elle commence à pousser.
  7. 7
    Principe, cause, origine de quelque chose.
  8. 8
    Micro-organisme ayant une action nuisible ou pathogène, comme une bactérie, un virus, un champignon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Enfin, dans tous les groupes étudiés jusqu’ici, l’individualité de chaque être se manifeste dès la première apparition du germe, dès les premiers rudimens de l’œuf, et persiste pleine et entière jusqu’à la mort.
  2. Le germe est ordinairement à la partie inférieure du pistil.

This word in other languages

germ(English)germen(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egrme
  • gemre
  • gerem
  • germme
  • gerrme
  • ggerme
  • greme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of germe - 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.

egrme2gemre2gerem2germme1gerrme1ggerme1greme2
Edit distance from "germe"

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 "germe"?
"germe" is spelled G-E-R-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɛʁm\.
What does "germe" mean?
As a noun, "germe" means: Rudiment de tout être organisé, végétal ou animal.
What words are commonly confused with "germe"?
"germe" is commonly confused with "gré", "grue", "gore". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "germe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "germe" is \ʒɛʁm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "germe" come from?
"germe" 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 "germe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gaine#24,982grues#24,989filon#24,975hawks#24,995

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Faust7 variantshorse7 variantslacan7 variantsmacho7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list