Gringo

[ˈɡʁɪŋɡo]

/[ˈɡʁɪŋɡo]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gringo” is uncommon German (frequency #81,622 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,622
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person in Südamerika, die nicht romanischer Herkunft ist, meist aus den USA

Corpus desk

Index DE-gringo · Gringo · German

Gringo · rank #81,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,622
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Grafenwöhr

Nearest frequency peer: Grafenwöhr (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Gringo“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gringo“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gringo
PropertyValue
HeadwordGringo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡʁɪŋɡo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#81,622
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gringo“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Gringofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Grafenwöhr“ (#81,621), „Gourmets“ (#81,620), „gottverdammter“ (#81,619). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gringo“ bei #81,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gringo is uncommon German at frequency #81,622 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁɪŋɡo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person in Südamerika, die nicht romanischer Herkunft ist, meist aus den USA".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gringo, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gringo, spelled G-R-I-N-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person in Südamerika, die nicht romanischer Herkunft ist, meist aus den USA

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Gringo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die vorherrschende Meinung war: Vorher beherrschte Pablo Escobar Kolumbien, jetzt beherrscht er nur Envigado, also lasst ihn in Ruhe. Nur die Gringos waren auf den Drogenhandel fixiert.“

This word in other languages

gringo(English)gringo(Español)gringo(Français)

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 "Gringo"?
"Gringo" is spelled G-R-I-N-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁɪŋɡo].
What does "Gringo" mean?
As a noun, "Gringo" means: Person in Südamerika, die nicht romanischer Herkunft ist, meist aus den USA
How do you pronounce "Gringo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gringo" is [ˈɡʁɪŋɡo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gringo" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gringo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

groupe#81,628Glorie#81,609gönnst#81,638Ghanas#81,602

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list