Google

/[ˈɡuːɡl̩]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#993

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Google is aGermanname. It means: eine Suchmaschine im World Wide Web Pronounced [ˈɡuːɡl̩]. It ranks #993 in German word frequency. Often confused with googles and googeln.

Key facts for Google
PropertyValue
HeadwordGoogle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈɡuːɡl̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#993
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Google is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡuːɡl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #993 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Suchmaschine im World Wide Web".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Google, with forms such as "ggoogle", "gogle", and "gogole". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "googles", "googeln", 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 Google, spelled G-O-O-G-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Suchmaschine im World Wide Web

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggoogle,gogle,gogole,googel,googgle,googlle,goolge,ogogle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Google

Misspelling Variants of "Google"

ggoogle7gogle5gogole6googel6googgle7googlle7goolge6ogogle6
Misspelling Variants of "Google"

Frequency rank: #993 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Google"?
"Google" is spelled G-O-O-G-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡuːɡl̩].
What does "Google" mean?
As a name, "Google" means: eine Suchmaschine im World Wide Web
What words are commonly confused with "Google"?
"Google" is commonly confused with "googles", "googeln". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Google"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Google" is [ˈɡuːɡl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Google" come from?
"Google" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.