giraffe
/d͡ʒəˈɹæf/noun
giraffe is spelled G-I-R-A-F-F-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, giraffe means “A ruminant in the genus Giraffa of the African savannah with long legs, a highly elongated neck, yellow fur patterned with dark spots typically in…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of giraffe is giraffes.
How many letters and syllables are in giraffe?
| Letters | 7: G-I-R-A-F-F-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 19,077th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is giraffe?
Giraffe appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th 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 giraffe?
- UK /dʒɪˈɹɑːf/
- /dʒɪˈɹaf/
- US /d͡ʒəˈɹæf/
Giraffe 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-giraffe.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-giraffe.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with giraffe?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as giraffe from its last stressed vowel (/æf/):
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 giraffe
- giraffes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does giraffe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A ruminant in the genus Giraffa of the African savannah with long legs, a highly elongated neck, yellow fur patterned with dark spots typically in the form of a network, and two or more horn-like projections called ossicones; the tallest living animal.
- 2
A giraffe unicycle.
- 3
slangA laugh.
Are you having a giraffe?!
- 4
colloquialA very tall individual.
- 5
colloquialderogatoryA very tall woman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Giraffe in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense mammal:
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.