Gomera

[ɡoˈmeːʁa]

/[ɡoˈmeːʁa]/ name

The verdict

“Gomera” is uncommon German (frequency #79,244 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,244
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La Gomera, eine zu den Kanarischen Inseln gehörende Insel im Atlantischen Ozean

Corpus desk

Index DE-gomera · Gomera · German

Gomera · rank #79,244 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,244
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Goldschmuck

Nearest frequency peer: Goldschmuck (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Gomera“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gomera“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gomera
PropertyValue
HeadwordGomera
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ɡoˈmeːʁa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#79,244
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gomera“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Gomerafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Goldschmuck“ (#79,243), „gottlos“ (#79,246), „Gneis“ (#79,241). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gomera“ bei #79,244. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gomera is uncommon German at frequency #79,244 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ɡoˈmeːʁa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "La Gomera, eine zu den Kanarischen Inseln gehörende Insel im Atlantischen Ozean".

Gomera has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Gomera, spelled G-O-M-E-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    La Gomera, eine zu den Kanarischen Inseln gehörende Insel im Atlantischen Ozean

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Die Sicht reichte bis Palma, Gomera und zu den dunstumhangenen Bergen von Lanzarote.“

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 "Gomera"?
"Gomera" is spelled G-O-M-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡoˈmeːʁa].
What does "Gomera" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gomera" means: La Gomera, eine zu den Kanarischen Inseln gehörende Insel im Atlantischen Ozean
How do you pronounce "Gomera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gomera" is [ɡoˈmeːʁa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gomera" come from?
"Gomera" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list