goals
/ɡoʊlz/
"goals" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“goals” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,189. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,189
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extremely admirable; worthy of being set as a goal and emulated.
Corpus desk
Index EN-goals · goals · English
goals · rank #1,189 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,189
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH global
Nearest frequency peer: global (-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 “goals”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- generally
generally
98,815 corpus weight
- German
German
98,814 corpus weight
- global
global
98,813 corpus weight
- goals
goals
98,812 corpus weight
- gotta
gotta
98,811 corpus weight
- hotel
hotel
98,810 corpus weight
What this shows “goals” 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 | goals |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɡoʊlz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “goals”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around goals (IPA /ɡoʊlz/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,189 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Extremely admirable; worthy of being set as a goal and emulated.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for goals, with forms such as "gaols", "ggoals", and "goalls". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "GOL", "goes", "gold", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: * (Internet slang sense) Possibly originating with the hashtag #goals. Compare squad goal. The correct English form is goals, spelled G-O-A-L-S.
Definition
- 1Extremely admirable; worthy of being set as a goal and emulated.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how goals appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Your relationship is goals AF!
I think this show really does fill the gap. It shows you a couple who is "relationship goals" and looks amazing together and is in love and has this great fairytale love story, and on the flip side they go through real people problems.
Etymology
* (Internet slang sense) Possibly originating with the hashtag #goals. Compare squad goal.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gaols
- ggoals
- goalls
- goalss
- goasl
- golas
- ogals
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of goals - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "goals", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).