# goalie vs Goldie

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### goalie
*noun · IPA /ˈɡəʊl.i/ · frequency rank #15,415*
A goalkeeper or goaltender.

### Goldie
*name · frequency rank #24,459*
A female given name from English for a girl with golden hair, mostly American usage around 1900. It was further popularized by actress Goldie Hawn

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goalie-vs-goldie