Gascoigne
/ɡæskɔɪn/
"gascoigne" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gascoigne” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,477. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,477
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Obsolete form of Gascon.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gascoigne |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡæskɔɪn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #46,477 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gascoigne” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Gascoigne (IPA /ɡæskɔɪn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,477 among 18,276 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Obsolete form of Gascon.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gascoigne, with forms such as "agscoigne", "gacsoigne", and "gasccoigne". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French Gascoigne, the regional name of Gascony. The correct English form is Gascoigne, spelled G-A-S-C-O-I-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Obsolete form of Gascon.
Etymology
From Old French Gascoigne, the regional name of Gascony.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agscoigne
- gacsoigne
- gasccoigne
- gasciogne
- gascogine
- gascoigen
- gascoiggne
- gascoignne
- gascoinge
- gasocigne
- gasscoigne
- ggascoigne
- gsacoigne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gascoigne - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Gascoigne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-A-S-C-O-I-G-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɡæskɔɪn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.