gitana
\ʒi.ta.na\
The verdict
“gitana” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gitane.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gitana · gitana · French
gitana · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | gitana |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒi.ta.na\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gitana » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gitana is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒi.ta.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gitane.".
No misspelling variants are generated for gitana in our 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gitana, spelled G-I-T-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1Gitane.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gitana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
S'habiller en gitana.
Auprès de ce foyer improvisé était assise une gitana au profil busqué, basanée, cuivrée, nue jusqu’à la ceinture, ce qui prouvait chez elle une absence complète de coquetterie.
Synonyms
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.