giration
\ʒi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“giration” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mouvement circulaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-giration · giration · French
giration · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | giration |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « giration » en français
Rare enough to double-check
giration is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for giration in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is giration, spelled G-I-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Mouvement circulaire.
- 2Phénomène de plissement du cerveau au moment de son développement, qui lui donne une plus grande surface dans le volume limité de la boîte crânienne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how giration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Varichkine arrêta la giration de sa petite cuiller […]
A cet effet, on utilise un volant muni d'un balourd à masse fixe, mais avec un rayon de giration réglable.
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.