Gigolo
[ˈʒiːɡolo]
The verdict
“Gigolo” is an uncommon German word, ranked #74,635 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #74,635
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Angestellter eines Tanzlokals, einer Tanzschule, der sich als Tanzpartner den weiblichen Gästen anbietet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gigolo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʒiːɡolo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,635 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gigolo” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Gigolo is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʒiːɡolo]. Corpus data places it at rank #74,635 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Gigolo has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Gigolo, spelled G-I-G-O-L-O.
Definition
- 1Angestellter eines Tanzlokals, einer Tanzschule, der sich als Tanzpartner den weiblichen Gästen anbietet
- 2(jüngerer, eleganter, in der Halbwelt verkehrender) Mann, der eine intime, zumeist sexuell geprägte, längerfristige Beziehung mit einer zumeist älteren (gut betuchten) Dame hat und sich von dieser aushalten lässt
- 3(jüngerer oder älterer) charmanter, gutaussehender, lebemännischer Mann, der bei Frauen besonders gut ankommt und daher viele Liebschaften hat
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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.
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Using “Gigolo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-I-G-O-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʒiːɡolo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.