gos
[ɡos]
The verdict
“gos” is uncommon German (frequency #85,314 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,314
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Hund
Corpus desk
Index DE-gos · gos · German
gos · rank #85,314 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,314
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH gottverdammten
Nearest frequency peer: gottverdammten (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gos”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gimmicks
gimmicks
14,692 corpus weight
- gos
gos
14,687 corpus weight
- gottverdamm…
gottverdammten
14,686 corpus weight
- Gottvertrau…
Gottvertrauen
14,685 corpus weight
- Gouverneurin
Gouverneurin
14,684 corpus weight
- Grabrede
Grabrede
14,683 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gos” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡos] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #85,314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gos” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gos is uncommon German at frequency #85,314 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Hund".
No generated misspelling entries exist for gos in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is gos, spelled G-O-S.
Definition
- 1der Hund
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gos", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.