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giusto

/ˈd͡ʒu.stoʊ/adjective, adverb

giusto is spelled G-I-U-S-T-O: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, giusto means “strict, exact” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in giusto?

Letters6: G-I-U-S-T-O
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 giusto?

Giusto appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th 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 giusto?

  • UK /ˈd͡ʒuːstəʊ/
  • US /ˈd͡ʒu.stoʊ/

Giusto 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).

What does giusto mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    strict, exact.

adverb

  1. 1

    Following a tempo marking strictly or exactly.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does giusto come from?

Borrowed from Italian giusto (“right, just”). Doublet of just.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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