Goch

[ɡɔx]

/[ɡɔx]/ name

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The verdict

“Goch” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,703. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,703
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-goch · Goch · German

Goch · rank #46,703 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,703
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Goalie

Nearest frequency peer: Goalie (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Goch“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Goch“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Goch vs God
50% similar
Goch vs Gott
50% similar
Goch vs Gold
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Goch
PropertyValue
HeadwordGoch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ɡɔx]
Letters4
Frequency rank#46,703
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Goch“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Gochliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Goalie“ (#46,702), „Goldschmied“ (#46,704), „glitzernden“ (#46,701). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Goch“ bei #46,703. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Goch (IPA [ɡɔx]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #46,703 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Goch, with forms such as "gcoh", "ggoch", and "gocch". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "God", "Gott", "Gold", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Goch, spelled G-O-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Goch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Goch liegt im Westen von Deutschland.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gcoh
  • ggoch
  • gocch
  • gochh
  • gohc
  • ogch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Goch - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

gcoh2ggoch1gocch1gochh1gohc2ogch2
Edit distance from "Goch"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Goch"?
"Goch" is spelled G-O-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡɔx].
What does "Goch" mean?
As a proper noun, "Goch" means: eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
What words are commonly confused with "Goch"?
"Goch" is commonly confused with "God", "Gott", "Gold". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Goch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Goch" is [ɡɔx]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Goch" come from?
"Goch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Goch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

harm#46,723Hoya#46,739junk#46,765kaut#46,771

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Hebbel6 variantsinnige6 variantsErbse6 variantsliefe6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list