lac de Genève
\lak də ʒə.nɛv\
The verdict
“lac de Genève” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lac sur le Rhône, à la frontière de la France et de la Suisse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lac-de-geneve · lac de Genève · French
lac de Genève · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lac de Genève |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \lak də ʒə.nɛv\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
lac de Genève is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \lak də ʒə.nɛv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lac sur le Rhône, à la frontière de la France et de la Suisse.".
lac de Genève doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is lac de Genève, spelled L-A-C- -D-E- -G-E-N-È-V-E.
Definition
- 1Lac sur le Rhône, à la frontière de la France et de la Suisse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lac de Genève appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il s’arrêta deux jours, avec délices, sur le lac de Genève et visita les lieux que la Nouvelle Héloïse a rendus célèbres ; il trouva chez un paysan de Clarens un lit brodé qui avait appartenu à madame de Warens.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.