giré
[xiˈɾe]
The verdict
“giré” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,546 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,546
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de girar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | giré |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [xiˈɾe] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #58,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “giré” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
giré is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,546 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [xiˈɾe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de girar.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for giré, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is giré, spelled G-I-R-É.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de girar.
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 “giré”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-I-R-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [xiˈɾe] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.