Gini

noun

The verdict

“Gini” is uncommon French (frequency #69,118 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,118
frequency rank, French
194,371
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom donné au coefficient de Gini.

Key facts for Gini
PropertyValue
HeadwordGini
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#69,118
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Gini” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Gini lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gini is uncommon French at frequency #69,118 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom donné au coefficient de Gini.".

Gini doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Gini, spelled G-I-N-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom donné au coefficient de Gini.

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 "Gini"?
"Gini" is spelled G-I-N-I.
What does "Gini" mean?
As a noun, "Gini" means: Nom donné au coefficient de Gini.
What language does "Gini" come from?
"Gini" 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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Using “Gini”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is G-I-N-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list