# gypsy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɪp.si/ · frequency rank #13,926

## Definitions
1. Alternative form of Gypsy (“member of the Romani people”).
2. An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
3. A move in contra dancing in which two dancers walk in a circle around each other while maintaining eye contact (but not touching as in a swing). (Compare whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.)
4. A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
5. A person with a dark complexion.
6. A sly, roguish woman.
7. A fortune teller.
8. A whitewashed South Asian.

## Etymology
See Gypsy. Compare bohemian, from Bohemia.

## Easily confused with
- **GPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gps-vs-gypsy)
- **gaps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaps-vs-gypsy)
- **gyms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gyms-vs-gypsy)
- **gutsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gutsy-vs-gypsy)
- **gypsum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gypsum-vs-gypsy)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ggypsy`, `gpysy`, `gyppsy`, `gypssy`, `gypsyy`, `gypys`, `gyspy`, `gyypsy`, `ygpsy`

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