gigabit

noun

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The verdict

“gigabit” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #80,445 among 1,241 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,445
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,241
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - múltiplo do bit (Gb); pode representar 1.000.000.000 bits (10⁹ na base 10) no sistema internacional de unidades (SI) ou, como é mais comumente utilizado em informática, 1.073.741.824 bits (2³⁰ na b...

Key facts for gigabit
PropertyValue
Headwordgigabit
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#80,445
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gigabit” sits in Portuguese 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). gigabit lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gigabit is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #80,445 among 1,241 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "múltiplo do bit (Gb); pode representar 1.000.000.000 bits (10⁹ na base 10) no sistema internacional de unidades (SI) ou, como é mais comumente utilizado em informática, 1.073.741.824 bits (2³⁰ na b...".

No misspelling variants are generated for gigabit in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is gigabit, spelled G-I-G-A-B-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    múltiplo do bit (Gb); pode representar 1.000.000.000 bits (10⁹ na base 10) no sistema internacional de unidades (SI) ou, como é mais comumente utilizado em informática, 1.073.741.824 bits (2³⁰ na base 2)

Synonyms

gigabite

This word in other languages

gigabit(English)gigabit(Français)

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gigabit"?
"gigabit" is spelled G-I-G-A-B-I-T.
What does "gigabit" mean?
As a noun, "gigabit" means: múltiplo do bit (Gb); pode representar 1.000.000.000 bits (10⁹ na base 10) no sistema internacional de unidades (SI) ou, como é mais comumente utilizado em informática, 1.073.741.824 bits (2³⁰ na b...
What language does "gigabit" come from?
"gigabit" is a Portuguese 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 “gigabit”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-I-G-A-B-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese 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