Gethsemane
/ɡɛθˈsɛməni/
"gethsemane" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gethsemane” is uncommon English (frequency #69,886 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,886
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “Gethsemane” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gethsemane is uncommon English at frequency #69,886 among 18,276 “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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Using “Gethsemane”
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- The one correct English spelling is G-E-T-H-S-E-M-A-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.