gineste
\ʒi.nɛst\
The verdict
“gineste” is uncommon French (frequency #99,143 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,143
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Endroit planté de genêts.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gineste · gineste · French
gineste · rank #99,143 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,143
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Ghanem
Nearest frequency peer: Ghanem (-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 « gineste »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Gelabale
Gelabale
862 corpus weight
- Ghanem
Ghanem
859 corpus weight
- gineste
gineste
858 corpus weight
- Globus
Globus
857 corpus weight
- glomérulaire
glomérulaire
856 corpus weight
- glouglou
glouglou
855 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gineste » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « gineste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gineste is uncommon French at frequency #99,143 among 2,617 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gineste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’atterris au mitan d’une broussaille de ginestes serrées pire qu’un feutre à chapeau, avec des épines comme des couteaux de piémontais.
Le genêt à balais (Cytisus scoparius Link) est un arbuste qui, dans ces sols siliceux, colonise les labours abandonnés (mais il pousse aussi sur des landes, dont personne ne se souvient qu’elles aient été retournées). On le nomme ici le fleuri ou le gruas. Sur les parcours fréquentés par le bétail, il pousse en bouquets isolés. Sur les anciens labours, il…
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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