French gender isn't a fact to memorise word by word, it's a reflex you build. A noun flashes, you press an arrow, and it floods to its colour, then you find out which ending rule it followed or which exception it broke.
le ou la fromage ?
You pause before every noun and still flip a coin. The article should be automatic, not a gamble.
la problème
It looks feminine, so you say la. It's le problème. The ending lied and nobody taught you the tell.
le → un · mon
Gender isn't one choice. It drags un/une, the adjective ending and mon/ma along with it.
-age · -tion · -eau
Endings predict gender most of the time, but the patterns were never spelled out for you.
Most lessons hand you nouns to memorise one at a time, as if le and la were coin flips. They aren't. Endings predict gender most of the time, and the trainer drills the rule and the exceptions until the colour comes before the thought.
Press left for feminine, right for masculine. No typing, no menus, just the fast loop that builds an instinct.
On reveal the whole word washes to its gender colour, so right and wrong land in your eye, not just your head.
Every reveal names the ending rule it follows, so you leave with a pattern, not one more isolated word.
When a word breaks its own ending's rule, that's called out plainly so the exception sticks as an exception.
Pick a band from A1 to C, or drill only the rule-breakers once the endings feel automatic.
Aim for a run of correct answers in a row, with a timer option when you want the pressure.
Beginner to early-intermediate
Built for anyone who knows the words but still hesitates on le or la. If gender is a coin flip for you, this is the stage where the patterns finally click. Past that, it's a quick warm-up for the endings that still trip you.
Choose a level band and what to drill, then go. No account, no setup beyond a click.
Left for feminine, right for masculine. The word floods to its colour the moment you commit.
See the ending rule the word follows or the exception it breaks, then lock it in on the next card.
Phone or laptop. Nothing to install, no account to make.
Arrow keys make the reflex loop fast, but tap targets work on touch too.
You'll move faster if you already know the nouns. Unknown words still teach you the pattern.
Most of the time, yes. Endings like -age, -ment and -eau lean masculine; -tion, -té and -ette lean feminine. The trainer drills these patterns and flags the words that break them, so you learn the rule and its exceptions together.
Colour binds gender to the word visually. After enough reps the noun starts to look blue or red before you've consciously decided, which is the reflex you're actually trying to build.
Not as separate drills. The trainer focuses on the gender itself and explains every answer. Once you know a noun is feminine, la, une, the -e on the adjective and ma all follow from it.
Free, no account. Everything runs in your browser, so your settings and streaks stay on your device.