gonna

/[ˈɡɒnə]/ abbrev

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,755

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

gonna is anGermanabbrev. It means: Verkürzung von going to (vor einem bloßen Infinitiv) Pronounced [ˈɡɒnə]. Often confused with Gotha and gönnt.

Key facts for gonna
PropertyValue
Headwordgonna
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbrev
IPA[ˈɡɒnə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,755
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gonna in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for gonna is 5 letters long, classified as anabbrev, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡɒnə]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,755 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Verkürzung von going to (vor einem bloßen Infinitiv)".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for gonna, with forms such as "ggonna", "gnona", and "gona". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Gotha", "gönnt", "gönne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is gonna, spelled G-O-N-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verkürzung von going to (vor einem bloßen Infinitiv)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggonna,gnona,gona,gonan,ognna

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gonna

Misspelling Variants of "gonna"

ggonna6gnona5gona4gonan5ognna5
Misspelling Variants of "gonna"

Frequency rank: #27,755 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gonna"?
"gonna" is spelled G-O-N-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡɒnə].
What does "gonna" mean?
As an abbrev, "gonna" means: Verkürzung von going to (vor einem bloßen Infinitiv)
What words are commonly confused with "gonna"?
"gonna" is commonly confused with "Gotha", "gönnt", "gönne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gonna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gonna" is [ˈɡɒnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gonna" come from?
"gonna" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter G in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.