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G·I·F/ɡɪf/noun, verb
gif is spelled G-I-F: 3 letters and 3 syllables (G·I·F). It appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gif means “Alternative letter-case form of GIF” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gif is gifs.
How many letters and syllables are in gif?
| Letters | 3: G-I-F |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: G·I·F |
| In writing | 7.9 times per million words; the 8,266th 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 gif?
Gif appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th 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 gif?
- /ɡɪf/
- /d͡ʒɪf/
Gif has 3 syllables, split G·I·F in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-gif-1.ogg, En-us-gif-2.ogg, En-gif.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gif?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gif.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: fig.
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 gif
- gifs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- gifing participle, present
- giffing participle, present
- gifed participle, past
- giffed participle, past
- .gif
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gif mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of GIF.
noun
- 1
A bitmap image in a particular format with support for multiple images per file or animations, and up to 256 distinct colors per frame, including a fully transparent color.
I'll send you a GIF of the proposed logo.
- 2
Any short video without audio, usually one which loops.
- 3
Any short video, in a format directly supported by HTML5 (ie. GIF, MP4, WebM)
- 4
Abbreviation of granular iron(stone) formation
verb
- 1
To create a GIF file of; (inexact) to create a similar animated image file of.
He GIFed the highlights of the debate
noun
- 1
Alternative form of GIF.
verb
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of GIF.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gif in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense short video without audio:
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.