gigote

\ʒi.ɡɔt\

/\ʒi.ɡɔt\/ verb

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The verdict

“gigote” is uncommon French (frequency #90,767 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,767
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de gigoter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gigote · gigote · French

gigote · rank #90,767 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,767
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ghesquière

Nearest frequency peer: Ghesquière (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « gigote »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gigote » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gigote
PropertyValue
Headwordgigote
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒi.ɡɔt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#90,767
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gigote » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.gigotetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Ghesquière » (#90,766), « giratoires » (#90,768), « geschiedenis » (#90,765). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gigote » est au #90,767. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gigote is uncommon French at frequency #90,767 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʒi.ɡɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for gigote in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gigote, spelled G-I-G-O-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de gigoter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de gigoter.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de gigoter.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de gigoter.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de gigoter.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gigote"?
"gigote" is spelled G-I-G-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒi.ɡɔt\.
What does "gigote" mean?
As a verb, "gigote" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de gigoter.
How do you pronounce "gigote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gigote" is \ʒi.ɡɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gigote" come from?
"gigote" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gigote", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

genera#90,764grigri#90,782Fremen#90,744hennin#90,799

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list