# giant

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/ · frequency rank #2,390

## Definitions
1. A mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
2. Specifically:
3. Specifically:
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.
9. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
10. A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.

## Etymology
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”). Displaced native Old English ent. Compare Modern English ent (“giant tree-man”).

## Easily confused with
- **gin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-gin)
- **git** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-git)
- **gift** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-gift)
- **goat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-goat)
- **gina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-gina)
- **gran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-gran)
- **gist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-gist)
- **gilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-gilt)
- **gino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-gino)
- **guan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-guan)
- **Gini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-gini)
- **ginn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-ginn)
- **grand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-grand)
- **grant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-grant)
- **graft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-graft)
- **gland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-gland)
- **grunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-grunt)
- **Ginny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-ginny)
- **Gwent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-gwent)
- **glint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giant-vs-glint)

## Common misspellings (7)
`gaint`, `ggiant`, `giannt`, `giantt`, `giatn`, `ginat`, `igant`

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