gamba

[ˈɡamba]

/[ˈɡamba]/ noun

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The verdict

“gamba” is an uncommon German word, ranked #81,567 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#81,567
frequency rank, German
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Bein: Extremität zum Laufen und Stehen bei Tieren und Menschen

Key facts for gamba
PropertyValue
Headwordgamba
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡamba]
Letters5
Frequency rank#81,567
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gamba” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). gamba lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for gamba is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡamba]. Corpus data places it at rank #81,567 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "das Bein: Extremität zum Laufen und Stehen bei Tieren und Menschen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for gamba in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gamba, spelled G-A-M-B-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Bein: Extremität zum Laufen und Stehen bei Tieren und Menschen

Antonyms

braccioArm

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gamba"?
"gamba" is spelled G-A-M-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡamba].
What does "gamba" mean?
As a noun, "gamba" means: das Bein: Extremität zum Laufen und Stehen bei Tieren und Menschen
How do you pronounce "gamba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gamba" is [ˈɡamba]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gamba" come from?
"gamba" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “gamba”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is G-A-M-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈɡamba] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list