gittish
"gittish" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gittish” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Like a git; jerkish; obnoxious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gittish · gittish · English
gittish · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gittish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gittish” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gittish is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Like a git; jerkish; obnoxious.".
No misspelling variants are generated for gittish in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From git + -ish. The correct English form is gittish, spelled G-I-T-T-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Like a git; jerkish; obnoxious.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gittish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Prince George is shy and just pretends to be bluff and crass and unbelievably thick and gittish, whilst deep down he is a soft little marshmallowy, pigletty type of creature.
Anna sighed. 'Jackson was a git. As usual.' 'Uneasy lies the head that wears a throne. Specifically gittish, or just generally?'
Etymology
From git + -ish.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.