gamin
ga·min/ˈɡæmɪn/noun
gamin is spelled G-A-M-I-N: 5 letters and 2 syllables (ga·min). It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gamin means “A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also (more generally), a cheeky, street-smart boy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gamin is gamins.
How many letters and syllables are in gamin?
| Letters | 5: G-A-M-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ga·min |
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is gamin?
Gamin appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce gamin?
- US /ˈɡæmɪn/
Gamin has 2 syllables, split ga·min in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-gamin.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gamin?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gamin (/æmɪn/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gmina.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of gamin
- gamins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gamin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedA homeless boy; a male street urchin; also (more generally), a cheeky, street-smart boy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gamin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense homeless boy; street urchin:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | gamin |
| German | Straßenjunge |
| Spanish | gamín |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does gamin come from?
Borrowed from French gamin (“a street urchin; a young boy”), apparently an “eastern dialect” word of unknown origin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).