gineste
\ʒi.nɛst\
The verdict
“gineste” is uncommon French (frequency #99,143 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,143
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Endroit planté de genêts.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gineste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒi.nɛst\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #99,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gineste” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gineste is uncommon French at frequency #99,143 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒi.nɛst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for gineste in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gineste, spelled G-I-N-E-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Endroit planté de genêts.
- 2Synonyme de spartier à tiges de jonc.
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.
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Using “gineste”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-I-N-E-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒi.nɛst\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.