Vocabulary
Noun gender rules and the exceptions that trip up even advanced learners — le or la, explained.
French Gender Checker
Type any noun and see its gender, article, plural and the suffix rule behind it instantly.
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VocabularyIs Mer Masculine or Feminine in French?
Mer is feminine: la mer, une mer. It sounds like maire and mere but is a different word. Here is the rule, examples, and the trap.
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VocabularyIs Image Masculine or Feminine in French?
Image is feminine: une image, l'image. It ends in -age but is not masculine. Here is why, with examples and the trap to avoid.
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VocabularyIs Page Masculine or Feminine in French?
La page (of a book) is feminine, but un page (a page-boy) is masculine. The gender changes the meaning. Here is how to tell them apart.
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VocabularyIs Main Masculine or Feminine in French?
Main is feminine: la main, une main. It ends in a consonant but is not masculine. Here is the rule, examples, and the trap to avoid.
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VocabularyIs Travail Masculine or Feminine in French?
Travail is masculine: le travail, un travail. Its plural is the irregular travaux. Here is the rule, examples, and the trap to avoid.
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VocabularyIs Problème Masculine or Feminine in French?
Probleme is masculine: le probleme, un probleme. The final -e fools learners. Here is the rule, examples, and the trap to avoid.
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VocabularyIs Amour Masculine or Feminine in French?
Amour is masculine: l'amour, un amour. But in the literary plural it can turn feminine. Here is the full story with examples.
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VocabularyIs Eau Masculine or Feminine in French?
Eau is feminine: l'eau, une eau, plural les eaux. It breaks the usual -eau rule. Here is why, with examples and the trap to avoid.
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VocabularyIs Chose Masculine or Feminine in French?
Chose is feminine: la chose, une chose. But quelque chose takes masculine agreement. Here is the rule, examples, and the trap to avoid.
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VocabularyIs Professeur Masculine or Feminine in French?
Professeur is traditionally masculine (le professeur), but la professeure is now standard in Canada. Here is which form to use and when.
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VocabularyLe Professeur or La Professeure? French Profession Nouns and Gender
How French profession nouns handle gender — from élève and juge (same word) to acteur/actrice, plus the evolving professeur/professeure and auteur/autrice debate.
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VocabularyThe Most Common French Nouns Every B1 Learner Should Know (With Gender)
The most frequently used French nouns for B1–B2 learners, grouped by topic — people, time, place, work, and abstract concepts — each with the correct article and gender.
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VocabularyIs It Le or La? 25 French Nouns That Always Catch Learners Out
25 French nouns whose gender contradicts the suffix rules or looks completely unexpected — grouped by the type of confusion they cause, with the correct article for each.
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VocabularyFrench Noun Gender Rules: 15 Suffixes That Tell You Le or La Every Time
Most French noun genders follow predictable suffix patterns. Learn these 15 endings and correctly identify the gender of thousands of nouns without memorising each one individually.
