gingham
/ˈɡɪŋ.əm/noun
gingham is spelled G-I-N-G-H-A-M: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gingham means “A cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gingham is ginghams.
How many letters and syllables are in gingham?
| Letters | 7: G-I-N-G-H-A-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 61,481st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is gingham?
Gingham appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st 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 gingham?
- /ˈɡɪŋ.əm/
Gingham has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-gingham.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of gingham
- ginghams plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gingham mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks.
- 2
A dress made from that material.
- 3
UKarchaicslangAn umbrella.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gingham in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks:
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 gingham come from?
From Malay genggang (“ajar; apart”), or a corruption of French Guingamp, the name of a town in Brittany, France, where this cloth may have been made.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).