gizzard
/ˈɡɪzəd/
"gizzard" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gizzard” is uncommon English (frequency #60,831 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,831
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A specialized organ constructed of thick muscular walls found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (including crocodilians and birds), earthworms, some gastropods, some fish...
Corpus desk
Index EN-gizzard · gizzard · English
gizzard · rank #60,831 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,831
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Godiva
Nearest frequency peer: Godiva (+2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “gizzard”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Germania
Germania
39,175 corpus weight
- ging
ging
39,173 corpus weight
- gizzard
gizzard
39,170 corpus weight
- Godiva
Godiva
39,168 corpus weight
- Goma
Goma
39,167 corpus weight
- Goodson
Goodson
39,166 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gizzard” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gizzard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɪzəd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gizzard” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gizzard is uncommon English at frequency #60,831 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡɪzəd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for gizzard in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English gyser, geser, from Old French gesier, giser et al. (French gésier), from Latin gigēria. The correct English form is gizzard, spelled G-I-Z-Z-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A specialized organ constructed of thick muscular walls found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (including crocodilians and birds), earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, and some crustaceans, and used for grinding up food, often aided by particles of stone or grit.
- 2The (human) stomach.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gizzard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As fortune has it, kingbirds, like owls, lack a grinding gizzard and regurgitate hard fragments from their meals.
"Pushing a man's face into his own breakfast is beyond rules or reason, and deserves a punch in the gizzard."
Etymology
From Middle English gyser, geser, from Old French gesier, giser et al. (French gésier), from Latin gigēria.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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