goto

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The verdict

“goto” is uncommon German (frequency #87,774 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,774
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angehöriger des ostgermanischen Volkes der Goten

Corpus desk

Index DE-goto · goto · German

goto · rank #87,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,774
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Golde

Nearest frequency peer: Golde (-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 „goto“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for goto
PropertyValue
Headwordgoto
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#87,774
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „goto“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Golde“ (#87,773), „greifbares“ (#87,778), „Glücksmomente“ (#87,769). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „goto“ bei #87,774. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

goto is uncommon German at frequency #87,774 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Angehöriger des ostgermanischen Volkes der Goten".

goto doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 goto, spelled G-O-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Angehöriger des ostgermanischen Volkes der Goten

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 "goto"?
"goto" is spelled G-O-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "goto" mean?
As a noun, "goto" means: Angehöriger des ostgermanischen Volkes der Goten
How do you pronounce "goto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "goto" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fror#87,713erat#87,648mato#88,011Noma#88,075

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list