Gigs
[ɡɪks]
The verdict
“Gigs” is uncommon German (frequency #58,823 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,823
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gig
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gigs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡɪks] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #58,823 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gigs” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gigs is uncommon German at frequency #58,823 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡɪks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Gigs in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gigs, spelled G-I-G-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gig
- 2Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gig
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Gig
- 4Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gig
- 5Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Gig
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 “Gigs”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-I-G-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡɪks] (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
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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.