gyros
\ʒi.ʁos\
The verdict
“gyros” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sandwich grec formé d’un pain pita garni de viande d’agneau marinée grillée et d’une salade de concombre à la menthe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gyros · gyros · French
gyros · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | gyros |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒi.ʁos\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gyros » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gyros is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒi.ʁos\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sandwich grec formé d’un pain pita garni de viande d’agneau marinée grillée et d’une salade de concombre à la menthe.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gyros, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gyros, spelled G-Y-R-O-S.
Definition
- 1Sandwich grec formé d’un pain pita garni de viande d’agneau marinée grillée et d’une salade de concombre à la menthe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gyros appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Car le kebab, importé une première fois en France dans l’entre-deux-guerres sous la forme du gyros (à base de porc, mais pas seulement) par des Grecs d’Anatolie installés dans le Quartier latin, revenu un demi-siècle plus tard par l’est de la France grâce aux communautés turques, est désormais associé aux Maghrébins.
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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.