# gelato

> English word · Noun · IPA /d͡ʒəˈlɑtoʊ/ · frequency rank #37,938

## Definitions
1. An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Italian gelato (“ice cream”), from Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (“frost, chill”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

## Easily confused with
- **gelatin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gelatin-vs-gelato)

## Common misspellings (8)
`eglato`, `gealto`, `gelaot`, `gelatto`, `gellato`, `geltao`, `ggelato`, `gleato`

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