# gin

> English word · Noun · IPA /d͡ʒɪn/ · frequency rank #11,550

## Definitions
1. A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.
2. Gin rummy.
3. Drawing the best card or combination of cards.

## Etymology
Abbreviation of geneva, alteration of Dutch genever (“juniper”) from Old French genevre (modern French genièvre), from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”). Hence gin rummy (first attested 1941).

## Easily confused with
- **go** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-go)
- **GM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-gm)
- **GP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-gp)
- **GS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-gs)
- **GR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-gr)
- **GL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-gl)
- **GU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-gu)
- **got** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-got)
- **god** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-god)
- **guy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-guy)
- **gun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-gun)
- **gym** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-gym)
- **GOP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-gop)
- **GPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-gps)
- **gut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-gut)
- **gum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-gum)
- **Gus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-gus)
- **GTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-gta)
- **GPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-gpa)
- **goo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-goo)

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