Gershom
"gershom" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gershom” is uncommon English (frequency #81,359 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,359
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A male given name from Hebrew.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gershom · Gershom · English
Gershom · rank #81,359 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,359
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,276
- PHOTO-FINISH Gaw
Nearest frequency peer: Gaw (-3 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Gershom”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- garang
garang
18,648 corpus weight
- Gardaí
Gardaí
18,647 corpus weight
- Gaw
Gaw
18,645 corpus weight
- Gershom
Gershom
18,642 corpus weight
- gleams
gleams
18,637 corpus weight
- goji
goji
18,635 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gershom” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gershom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,359 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gershom” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gershom is uncommon English at frequency #81,359 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Hebrew.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gershom, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hebrew גֵּרְשֹׁם (gershóm, “Gershom”), found in Exodus. The correct English form is Gershom, spelled G-E-R-S-H-O-M.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Hebrew.
Etymology
From Hebrew גֵּרְשֹׁם (gershóm, “Gershom”), found in Exodus.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.