Gigolo

/[ˈʒiːɡolo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#74,635

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Gigolo is aGermannoun. It means: Angestellter eines Tanzlokals, einer Tanzschule, der sich als Tanzpartner den weiblichen Gästen anbietet Pronounced [ˈʒiːɡolo].

Key facts for Gigolo
PropertyValue
HeadwordGigolo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʒiːɡolo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#74,635
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Gigolo in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gigolo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Gigolo in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Gigolo, spelled G-I-G-O-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Angestellter eines Tanzlokals, einer Tanzschule, der sich als Tanzpartner den weiblichen Gästen anbietet
  2. 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. 3
    (jüngerer oder älterer) charmanter, gutaussehender, lebemännischer Mann, der bei Frauen besonders gut ankommt und daher viele Liebschaften hat

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #74,635 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gigolo"?
"Gigolo" is spelled G-I-G-O-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʒiːɡolo].
What does "Gigolo" mean?
As a noun, "Gigolo" means: Angestellter eines Tanzlokals, einer Tanzschule, der sich als Tanzpartner den weiblichen Gästen anbietet
How do you pronounce "Gigolo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gigolo" is [ˈʒiːɡolo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gigolo" come from?
"Gigolo" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.