Which to use
“gender” and “gendre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,457
- “gender” frequency rank
- #13,178
- “gendre” frequency rank
- 40635
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gender | gendre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Type de métallophone qui est utilisé principalement dans le gamelan balinais et javanais. | Le mari de la fille ou du fils de quelqu’un. |
Where the eye mixes gender and gendre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. gender (CVCCVC) and gendre (CVCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: gender vs gendre
A purely visual mix-up. gender (\dʒɛn.døʁ\) and gendre (\ʒɑ̃dʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (er ↔ re) - a transposition the eye reads straight past. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40635, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gender is recorded at frequency rank #27,457, classified as anoun, pronounced \dʒɛn.døʁ\. gendre is at rank #13,178, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒɑ̃dʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 40635, this pair ranks #239,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gender vs gendre
Shared letters: degnr. Private to "gender": -. Private to "gendre": -.
"gender" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "gendre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gender" and "gendre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "gender" vs "gendre" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "gender" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gendre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #239,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gender" and "gendre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gender vs gronder". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #239,089 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.