Goldfisch
[ˈɡɔltˌfɪʃ]
The verdict
“Goldfisch” is uncommon German (frequency #57,917 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,917
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - orangefarbener, ursprünglich aus Ostasien stammender Zierfisch, eine Unterart des Giebels
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Goldfisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɔltˌfɪʃ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Goldfisch” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Goldfisch is uncommon German at frequency #57,917 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɔltˌfɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "orangefarbener, ursprünglich aus Ostasien stammender Zierfisch, eine Unterart des Giebels".
Zero misspellings are on record for Goldfisch in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Goldfisch, spelled G-O-L-D-F-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1orangefarbener, ursprünglich aus Ostasien stammender Zierfisch, eine Unterart des Giebels
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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.
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Using “Goldfisch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-O-L-D-F-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.