French Noun Gender Cheat Sheet

A free two-page summary you can print and keep next to your notes: the ending rules with how far to trust each one, the categories that share a gender, and the exceptions worth memorizing.

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What is on it

The most reliable endings. -tion, -ment, -té, -isme and a few more, with the handful of exceptions each one has.
Usually masculine and usually feminine endings, with example words and what to watch for.
Whole categories that move together: languages, days, metals, and colors are masculine; most countries ending in -e are feminine.
The exceptions to learn, the common words no rule predicts, such as l'eau, la fin, and le musée.

It is the same material as the gender rules by ending, gender by category, and memory tricks pages, pulled together onto one sheet.

Licence

The cheat sheet is free to download, print, and share. The rules on it are facts about French grammar. The example words are credited to the DELA dictionary (LGPL-LR) and Wikidata (CC0 1.0). The full dataset those come from is on the dataset page.

Common questions

What is on the French noun gender cheat sheet?

Two pages. The endings that predict gender and how far to trust each one, the categories that share a gender such as languages and days, and a short list of the common exceptions that no rule catches.

Is the cheat sheet free?

Yes. Download it, print it, and share it. The rules on it are just facts about French grammar. The example words are credited to the DELA dictionary and Wikidata.