George
/dʒɔː(ɹ)dʒ/
"george" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“George” is in the everyday core of English, ranked #969 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #969
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter G.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | George |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dʒɔː(ɹ)dʒ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “George” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for George is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dʒɔː(ɹ)dʒ/. Corpus data places it at rank #969 in overall English word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter G.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for George, with forms such as "egorge", "geogre", and "georeg". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "gore", "Gere", "gorge", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Name of an early saint, from Middle English George, from Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργῐος (Geṓrgĭos), from γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer, earth worker”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) (combining form γεω- (geō-)) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”) Doublet of Jorge and … The correct English form is George, spelled G-E-O-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter G.
Etymology
Name of an early saint, from Middle English George, from Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργῐος (Geṓrgĭos), from γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer, earth worker”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) (combining form γεω- (geō-)) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”) Doublet of Jorge and Geevarghese. The aircraft autopilot sense is probably from George DeBeeson, who patented an early (1931) autopilot system, and/or a reference to the expression let George do it. The Pullman porter sense derives from George Pullman, who hired Black people to staff his sleeping cars, and the patrons of the service seeing the Black people as servants of George Porter, much like how a slave was named after the master.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egorge,geogre,georeg,georgge,georrge,geroge,ggeorge,goerge
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of George - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “George”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-E-O-R-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dʒɔː(ɹ)dʒ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gore” - see the side-by-side comparison. George vs gore
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.