# giro

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdʒaɪɹəʊ/ · frequency rank #27,856

## Definitions
1. A transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.
2. An unemployment benefit cheque.

## Etymology
Via German, from Italian giro (“circulation”), from Latin gyrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to curve, to bend”).

## Easily confused with
- **go** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-go)
- **GR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-gr)
- **goo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-goo)
- **git** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-git)
- **GMO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-gmo)
- **Guo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-guo)
- **GRE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-gre)
- **GRU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-gru)
- **GLO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-glo)
- **GTR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-gtr)
- **gro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-gro)
- **gor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-gor)
- **grr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-grr)
- **grt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-grt)
- **GPO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-gpo)
- **give** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-give)
- **grow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-grow)
- **guru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-guru)
- **gore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-gore)
- **gist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giro-vs-gist)

## Common misspellings (3)
`ggiro`, `girro`, `grio`

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