gigoter

\ʒi.ɡɔ.te\

/\ʒi.ɡɔ.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“gigoter” is uncommon French (frequency #94,842 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,842
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Remuer continuellement les jambes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gigoter · gigoter · French

gigoter · rank #94,842 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,842
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH giang

Nearest frequency peer: giang (-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 « gigoter »

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 « gigoter » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gigoter
PropertyValue
Headwordgigoter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒi.ɡɔ.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#94,842
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gigoter » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.gigotertombe 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: « giang » (#94,841), « giacinto » (#94,840), « glutathion » (#94,844). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gigoter » est au #94,842. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gigoter is uncommon French at frequency #94,842 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʒi.ɡɔ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

gigoter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gigoter, spelled G-I-G-O-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Remuer continuellement les jambes.
  2. 2
    S’agiter, se démener.
  3. 3
    Remuer, tortiller.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gigoter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. J’en ai connu, des prêtres, qui s’habillaient en bourgeois pour aller voir gigoter des danseuses.
  2. D’un coup de rasoir, je lui coupai la tête, et le tronc, d’où un flot de sang s’échappait, gigota quelques secondes sur le parquet.

This word in other languages

fidget(English)

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 "gigoter"?
"gigoter" is spelled G-I-G-O-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒi.ɡɔ.te\.
What does "gigoter" mean?
As a verb, "gigoter" means: Remuer continuellement les jambes.
How do you pronounce "gigoter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gigoter" is \ʒi.ɡɔ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gigoter" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

goddess#94,846gambade#94,831galvani#94,829guindée#94,860

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list