giorno

\dʒɔʁ.no\

/\dʒɔʁ.no\/ noun

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The verdict

“giorno” is uncommon French (frequency #70,676 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,676
frequency rank, French
194,371
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Utilisé uniquement dans l’expression à giorno, caractérise un éclairage aussi lumineux que la lumière du jour.

Key facts for giorno
PropertyValue
Headwordgiorno
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʒɔʁ.no\
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,676
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “giorno” 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). giorno 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

giorno is uncommon French at frequency #70,676 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʒɔʁ.no\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Utilisé uniquement dans l’expression à giorno, caractérise un éclairage aussi lumineux que la lumière du jour.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for giorno, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is giorno, spelled G-I-O-R-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Utilisé uniquement dans l’expression à giorno, caractérise un éclairage aussi lumineux que la lumière du jour.

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 "giorno"?
"giorno" is spelled G-I-O-R-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is \dʒɔʁ.no\.
What does "giorno" mean?
As a noun, "giorno" means: Utilisé uniquement dans l’expression à giorno, caractérise un éclairage aussi lumineux que la lumière du jour.
How do you pronounce "giorno"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "giorno" is \dʒɔʁ.no\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "giorno" come from?
"giorno" 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 “giorno”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is G-I-O-R-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \dʒɔʁ.no\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • 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