ghee
/ɡʰiː/
"ghee" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ghee” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,167. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,167
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ghee · ghee · English
ghee · rank #43,167 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,167
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH GGG
Nearest frequency peer: GGG (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “ghee”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- galena
galena
56,838 corpus weight
- GGG
GGG
56,835 corpus weight
- ghee
ghee
56,834 corpus weight
- Girolamo
Girolamo
56,833 corpus weight
- glyphs
glyphs
56,832 corpus weight
- gor
gor
56,831 corpus weight
What this shows “ghee” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | ghee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡʰiː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #43,167 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “ghee”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around ghee (IPA /ɡʰiː/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,167 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for ghee, with forms such as "gehe", "gghee", and "ghe". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "GRE", "GHG", "give", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindustani گھی (ghī) / घी (ghī), from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛta, “sprinkled”). First attested in the late 17th century. The correct English form is ghee, spelled G-H-E-E.
Definition
- 1A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking.
- 2Vegetable oil for cooking.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ghee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Of the medicines for relaxing the body; ghee, oil, charbi, marrow, and such are to be used; of these ghee is the best, as it is produced from milk, which is obtained from the cow.
A Hindu manual of erotology suggests boiled ghee, drunk in the morning, in the spring time, as a healthful, strengthening beverage.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani گھی (ghī) / घी (ghī), from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛta, “sprinkled”). First attested in the late 17th century.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gehe
- gghee
- ghe
- ghhee
- hgee
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ghee - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ghee", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).