gòi
[ɡɔj]
The verdict
“gòi” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - hinkend, lahm, lahmend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gòi |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡɔj] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gòi” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for gòi is 3 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡɔj]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "hinkend, lahm, lahmend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gòi, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is gòi, spelled G-Ò-I.
Definition
- 1hinkend, lahm, lahmend
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.
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Using “gòi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-Ò-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡɔj] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.