genciana
/ʒẽˈsjɜnɜ/
The verdict
“genciana” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,764 among 1,241 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,764
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,241
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - designação comum de várias plantas da família das gencianáceas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | genciana |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒẽˈsjɜnɜ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “genciana” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
genciana is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,764 among 1,241 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʒẽˈsjɜnɜ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for genciana in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is genciana, spelled G-E-N-C-I-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1designação comum de várias plantas da família das gencianáceas
- 2lisianto
This word in other languages
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “genciana”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-E-N-C-I-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʒẽˈsjɜnɜ/ (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.