Gilgamesh
/ˈɡɪl.ɡə.mɛʃ/
"gilgamesh" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gilgamesh” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,664. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,664
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A semi-legendary king of Uruk, who is the hero of the Babylonian poem Epic of Gilgamesh.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gilgamesh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɪl.ɡə.mɛʃ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #42,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gilgamesh” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Gilgamesh (IPA /ˈɡɪl.ɡə.mɛʃ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,664 among 18,276 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A semi-legendary king of Uruk, who is the hero of the Babylonian poem Epic of Gilgamesh.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gilgamesh, with forms such as "ggilgamesh", "giglamesh", and "gilagmesh". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒄑𒂆𒈦 (Gilgāmeš), from Sumerian 𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒎌 (ᵈgilgameš₂ /Gilgameš/) The correct English form is Gilgamesh, spelled G-I-L-G-A-M-E-S-H.
Definition
- 1A semi-legendary king of Uruk, who is the hero of the Babylonian poem Epic of Gilgamesh.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒄑𒂆𒈦 (Gilgāmeš), from Sumerian 𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒎌 (ᵈgilgameš₂ /Gilgameš/)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggilgamesh
- giglamesh
- gilagmesh
- gilgaemsh
- gilgamehs
- gilgameshh
- gilgamessh
- gilgammesh
- gilgamseh
- gilggamesh
- gilgmaesh
- gillgamesh
- gligamesh
- iglgamesh
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gilgamesh - 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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Using “Gilgamesh”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-I-L-G-A-M-E-S-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡɪl.ɡə.mɛʃ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.