Golgatha
[ˈɡɔlɡata]
The verdict
“Golgatha” is uncommon German (frequency #95,662 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,662
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Name des Ortes in Jerusalem, wo Jesus von Nazareth gekreuzigt wurde; alternative (überwiegend evangelisch verwendete) Schreibweise des Eigennamens Golgota
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Golgatha |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɔlɡata] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,662 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Golgatha” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Golgatha is uncommon German at frequency #95,662 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈɡɔlɡata]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Name des Ortes in Jerusalem, wo Jesus von Nazareth gekreuzigt wurde; alternative (überwiegend evangelisch verwendete) Schreibweise des Eigennamens Golgota".
Golgatha has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Golgatha, spelled G-O-L-G-A-T-H-A.
Definition
- 1Name des Ortes in Jerusalem, wo Jesus von Nazareth gekreuzigt wurde; alternative (überwiegend evangelisch verwendete) Schreibweise des Eigennamens Golgota
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 “Golgatha”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-O-L-G-A-T-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡɔlɡata] (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.