gigabyte
[ʃiɣ̞aˈβ̞ajt̪]
The verdict
“gigabyte” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,654 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,654
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unidad de almacenamiento de información digital equivalente a 1024 megabytes o a 2³⁰ (1,073,741,824) bytes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gigabyte |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃiɣ̞aˈβ̞ajt̪] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,654 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gigabyte” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gigabyte is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,654 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃiɣ̞aˈβ̞ajt̪]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for gigabyte in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is gigabyte, spelled G-I-G-A-B-Y-T-E.
Definition
- 1Unidad de almacenamiento de información digital equivalente a 1024 megabytes o a 2³⁰ (1,073,741,824) bytes.
- 21000 megabytes o 10⁹ bytes.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “gigabyte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-I-G-A-B-Y-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃiɣ̞aˈβ̞ajt̪] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.