goalie
/ˈɡəʊl.i/
"goalie" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“goalie” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,415. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,415
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A goalkeeper or goaltender.
Corpus desk
Index EN-goalie · goalie · English
goalie · rank #15,415 · 7 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,415
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH fungi
Nearest frequency peer: fungi (-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 “goalie”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- frontal
frontal
84,589 corpus weight
- fullest
fullest
84,588 corpus weight
- fungi
fungi
84,587 corpus weight
- goalie
goalie
84,586 corpus weight
- Gonzalez
Gonzalez
84,585 corpus weight
- gradient
gradient
84,584 corpus weight
What this shows “goalie” 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 | goalie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡəʊl.i/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,415 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “goalie”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around goalie (IPA /ˈɡəʊl.i/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,415 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A goalkeeper or goaltender.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for goalie, with forms such as "gaolie", "ggoalie", and "goaile". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "goals", "goblin", "Gracie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of goalkeeper or goaltender + -ie. The correct English form is goalie, spelled G-O-A-L-I-E.
Definition
- 1A goalkeeper or goaltender.
Etymology
Clipping of goalkeeper or goaltender + -ie.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gaolie
- ggoalie
- goaile
- goalei
- goallie
- golaie
- ogalie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of goalie - 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 "goalie", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).