zingaro
\dzin.ɡa.ʁo\
The verdict
“zingaro” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tsigane, Bohémien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zingaro · zingaro · French
zingaro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | zingaro |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dzin.ɡa.ʁo\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « zingaro » en français
Rare enough to double-check
zingaro is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dzin.ɡa.ʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zingaro, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented 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 zingaro, spelled Z-I-N-G-A-R-O.
Definition
- 1Tsigane, Bohémien.
- 2Vagabond.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zingaro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On remarquait en outre que son horreur pour les égyptiennes et les zingari semblait redoubler depuis quelque temps.
Quelques tentes noires de zingari étaient dressées ; des hommes, des enfants, des femmes […] étaient accroupis autour d'un feu et se peignaient les cheveux.
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.