# gait

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡeɪt/ · frequency rank #25,770

## Definitions
1. A manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs.
2. One of the distinct patterns of locomotion exhibited by a horse, occurring either naturally or as a result of training.

## Etymology
From a specialised use of gate (“way, manner, behaviour, habit", properly "way, path, street, journey”), from Middle English gate (“way, path, road, street”), from Old Norse gata (“path, lane, alley, road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (“passageway, street”). Doublet of gate.

## Easily confused with
- **gi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-gi)
- **get** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-get)
- **got** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-got)
- **gas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-gas)
- **Gay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-gay)
- **gap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-gap)
- **gut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-gut)
- **gig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-gig)
- **gif** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-gif)
- **gal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-gal)
- **gin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-gin)
- **Gil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-gil)
- **GAO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-gao)
- **GST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-gst)
- **git** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-git)
- **GUI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-gui)
- **gan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-gan)
- **Gia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-gia)
- **gar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-gar)
- **Gio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-gio)

## Common misspellings (5)
`agit`, `gaitt`, `gati`, `ggait`, `giat`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gait