goose

[ɡuːs]

/[ɡuːs]/ noun

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The verdict

“goose” is uncommon German (frequency #61,564 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,564
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gans

Corpus desk

Index DE-goose · goose · German

goose · rank #61,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,564
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gottlose

Nearest frequency peer: gottlose (+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 „goose“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for goose
PropertyValue
Headwordgoose
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡuːs]
Letters5
Frequency rank#61,564
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „goose“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).goosefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gottlose“ (#61,565), „gottverdammte“ (#61,566), „Goldgrube“ (#61,561). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „goose“ bei #61,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

goose is uncommon German at frequency #61,564 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡuːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gans".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for goose, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is goose, spelled G-O-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gans

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. My granddad always had geese on his farm.

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 "goose"?
"goose" is spelled G-O-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡuːs].
What does "goose" mean?
As a noun, "goose" means: Gans
How do you pronounce "goose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "goose" is [ɡuːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "goose" come from?
"goose" 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 "goose", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gören#61,579Hiebe#61,608feist#61,491Jahwe#61,640

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list