Gethsemane
/ɡɛθˈsɛməni/
"gethsemane" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gethsemane” is uncommon English (frequency #69,886 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,886
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A biblical location in ancient Jerusalem, a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus underwent the Agony in the Garden and was arre...
Corpus desk
Index EN-gethsemane · Gethsemane · English
Gethsemane · rank #69,886 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,886
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH germinal
Nearest frequency peer: germinal (-1 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.
Long-tail ranks near “Gethsemane”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- geocaching
geocaching
30,119 corpus weight
- geolocation
geolocation
30,118 corpus weight
- Geraghty
Geraghty
30,117 corpus weight
- germinal
germinal
30,116 corpus weight
- Gethsemane
Gethsemane
30,115 corpus weight
- giggly
giggly
30,114 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Gethsemane” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gethsemane |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɡɛθˈsɛməni/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Gethsemane” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Gethsemane is uncommon English at frequency #69,886 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɡɛθˈsɛməni/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A biblical location in ancient Jerusalem, a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus underwent the Agony in the Garden and was arre...".
Gethsemane doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Γεθσημανή (Gethsēmanḗ), from Classical Syriac ܓܕܣܡܢ (Gat Šmānê, literally “oil press”). The correct English form is Gethsemane, spelled G-E-T-H-S-E-M-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1A biblical location in ancient Jerusalem, a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus underwent the Agony in the Garden and was arrested the night before his crucifixion.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Γεθσημανή (Gethsēmanḗ), from Classical Syriac ܓܕܣܡܢ (Gat Šmānê, literally “oil press”).
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); 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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