# git

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡɪt/ · frequency rank #18,087

## Definitions
1. A silly, incompetent, stupid, or annoying person (usually a man).

## Etymology
From Middle English get (“[illegitimate] offspring”). A southern variant of Scots get (“illegitimate child, brat”), related to beget.

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

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