giant
gi·ant/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/noun, adjective
giant is spelled G-I-A-N-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables (gi·ant). It appears 42 times per million words in written English, the 2,392nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, giant means “A mythical human or humanoid of very great size” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of giant is giants.
How many letters and syllables are in giant?
| Letters | 5: G-I-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: gi·ant |
| In writing | 42 times per million words; the 2,392nd 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 giant?
Giant appears 42 times per million words in written English, the 2,392nd 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 giant?
- /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/
- /ˈd͡ʒaɪnt/
- Canada /ˈd͡ʒʌɪ.ənt/
Giant has 2 syllables, split gi·ant in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-giant.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with giant?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as giant.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tangi.
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 giant
- giants plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does giant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
- 2
Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
- 3
An eoten or jotun.
- 4
A very tall and large person.
- 5
A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
- 6
A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature.
- 7
An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
- 8
A very large organization.
The retail giant is set to acquire two more struggling high-street chains.
adjective
- 1
Very large.
noun
- 1
A player for the San Francisco Giants.
- 2
A player for the New York Giants.
- 3
A Gigas, a member of the Gigantes, a race of giants who defied the gods.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Giant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | géant |
| German | Riese, Riesin, Gigant, Gigantin , riesig, gigantisch |
| Portuguese | gigante , gigantesco |
| Spanish | gigante , gigantesco |
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 giant come from?
From Middle English geaunt, geant, from Old French geant, gaiant (Modern French géant) from Vulgar Latin *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”). Cognate to giga- (“1,000,000,000”). Largely Displaced native Old English ent (“giant”), Old English eoten (“giant or jötunn”), and Old English þyrs (“giant or ogre”). Compare English ent (“giant tree-man”), ettin (“giant or troll”) and thurse (“giant”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).