Garden of Eden

name

"garden-of-eden" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Garden of Eden” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In the Book of Genesis of the Bible and Surat Sad of the Qur'an, a garden at the source of the Gihon, Pishon, Tigris, and Euphrates rivers, where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.

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Index EN-garden-of-eden · Garden of Eden · English

Garden of Eden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for Garden of Eden
PropertyValue
HeadwordGarden of Eden
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Garden of Eden” in English

Garden of Edensits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Garden of Eden is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In the Book of Genesis of the Bible and Surat Sad of the Qur'an, a garden at the source of the Gihon, Pishon, Tigris, and Euphrates rivers, where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.".

Garden of Eden has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of Biblical Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן (gan ʿḗḏen). The correct English form is Garden of Eden, spelled G-A-R-D-E-N- -O-F- -E-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    In the Book of Genesis of the Bible and Surat Sad of the Qur'an, a garden at the source of the Gihon, Pishon, Tigris, and Euphrates rivers, where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
  2. Latter-day Saints know, through modern revelation, that the Garden of Eden was on the North American continent and that Adam and Eve began their conquest of the earth in the upper part of what is now the state of Missouri.

Etymology

Calque of Biblical Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן (gan ʿḗḏen).

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Garden of Eden"?
"Garden of Eden" is spelled G-A-R-D-E-N- -O-F- -E-D-E-N.
What does "Garden of Eden" mean?
As a proper noun, "Garden of Eden" means: In the Book of Genesis of the Bible and Surat Sad of the Qur'an, a garden at the source of the Gihon, Pishon, Tigris, and Euphrates rivers, where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.
What is the origin of the word "Garden of Eden"?
Calque of Biblical Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן (gan ʿḗḏen). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list