French Noun Gender Guesser
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How it works (click to expand)
- Exact match in edge-case dictionary (highest priority).
- Reliable suffix rules (e.g.,
-tion→ feminine,-age→ masculine). - Medium-confidence rules (Greek/learned endings, etc.).
- Fallback (lean masculine for recent loans) + note uncertainty.
Elision (l’) and h aspiré handled to avoid l’haricot.
Edge-case dictionary (built-in + custom)
Suffix rules (summary)
Masculine (high confidence)
-age(but la page, la plage, l’image, la cage, la nage, la rage)-isme,-ment,-eau,-ou,-phone,-scope,-teur
Medium confidence (tendency)
- Learned/Greek endings:
-ème,-ège,-ome,-one,-ope→ often masc.
Feminine (high confidence)
-tion,-sion,-xion,-aison,-té,-tié-ure,-ade,-ette,-ance,-ence,-ie
Medium confidence (tendency)
-ise,-yse(abstracts) → often fem. (but un malaise is masc.)
Frequent exceptions: le silence (-ence), le côté / le comité / l’été (-té), le génie / l’incendie / le parapluie (-ie).