gigolette
\ʒi.ɡɔ.lɛt\
The verdict
“gigolette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Épaule et muscle de l’épaule du lapin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gigolette · gigolette · French
gigolette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gigolette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒi.ɡɔ.lɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gigolette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gigolette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒi.ɡɔ.lɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for gigolette in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is gigolette, spelled G-I-G-O-L-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Épaule et muscle de l’épaule du lapin.
- 2Cuisse de volaille.
- 3Jeune fille de mœurs faciles que l’on rencontre dans les bals populaires.
- 4Fille des rues, prostituée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gigolette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2.Disposer les gigolettes dans un plat avec 1/4 verre d’eau et la moitié de la marinade et faire cuire au four (Thermostat 7) pendant environ 15 minutes en tournant et arrosant au cours de la cuisson.
Le gigolo est un adolescent, un petit homme, comme la gigolette est une adolescente, une muliéricule. L’un tient le milieu entre Chérubin et Dom Juan, - moitié nigaud et moitié greluchon ; l’autre tient le milieu entre la grisette et la gandine, - moitié ouvrière et moitié fille.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.