Ghom
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The verdict
“Ghom” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt im Iran
Corpus desk
Index DE-ghom · Ghom · German
Ghom · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | Ghom |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ghom“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ghom is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ghom, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ghom, spelled G-H-O-M.
Definition
- 1Stadt im Iran
- 2iranische Provinz mit [1] als Hauptstadt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ghom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dank der über die Jahrhunderte unterhaltenen Verbindungen konnten sich auch in moderner Zeit libanesische Schiiten bei prominenten schiitischen Geistlichen an den religiösen Universitäten in Nadschaf und Kerbela im Irak und in der Stadt Ghom in Iran ausbilden lassen.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.