gigabyte
/ʒi.ɡɐ.ˈbaj.tɨ/
The verdict
“gigabyte” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,002 among 1,241 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,002
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,241
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - múltiplo do byte (GB); pode representar 1.000.000.000 bytes (10⁹ na base 10) no sistema internacional de unidades ou, como é mais comumente utilizado em informática, 1.073.741.824 bytes (2³⁰ na bas...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gigabyte |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒi.ɡɐ.ˈbaj.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gigabyte” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gigabyte is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,002 among 1,241 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʒi.ɡɐ.ˈbaj.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "múltiplo do byte (GB); pode representar 1.000.000.000 bytes (10⁹ na base 10) no sistema internacional de unidades ou, como é mais comumente utilizado em informática, 1.073.741.824 bytes (2³⁰ na bas...".
gigabyte has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is gigabyte, spelled G-I-G-A-B-Y-T-E.
Definition
- 1múltiplo do byte (GB); pode representar 1.000.000.000 bytes (10⁹ na base 10) no sistema internacional de unidades ou, como é mais comumente utilizado em informática, 1.073.741.824 bytes (2³⁰ na base 2)
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “gigabyte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-I-G-A-B-Y-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʒi.ɡɐ.ˈbaj.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.