# gargantuan

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɡɑːˈɡæn.t͡ʃu.ən/ · frequency rank #43,663

## Definitions
1. Huge; immense; tremendous.
2. Of the giant Gargantua or his appetite.

## Etymology
From French Gargantua, a giant with a very large appetite in Rabelais's The Inestimable Life of Gargantua. Rabelais derived Gargantua from the Portuguese and Spanish garganta (“throat”).

## Common misspellings (15)
`agrgantuan`, `gagrantuan`, `garagntuan`, `garganntuan`, `gargantaun`, `garganttuan`, `gargantuann`, `gargantuna`, `garganutan`, `gargatnuan`, `garggantuan`, `gargnatuan`, `garrgantuan`, `ggargantuan`, `gragantuan`

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