goaltending

noun

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"goaltending" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“goaltending” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,671. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,671
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A violation which occurs when a player interferes with the movement of the ball that is on its downward path toward the basket or on or within the rim of the basket, or after the ball touched the b...

Corpus desk

Index EN-goaltending · goaltending · English

goaltending · rank #42,671 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,671
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH goalkeeping

Nearest frequency peer: goalkeeping (-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 “goaltending”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “goaltending” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for goaltending
PropertyValue
Headwordgoaltending
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#42,671
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “goaltending” sits in English frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).goaltendinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “goalkeeping” (#42,670), “goatee” (#42,672), “gluttony” (#42,669). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around goaltending, anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,671 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for goaltending, with forms such as "gaoltending", "ggoaltending", and "goaletnding". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From goal + tending. The correct English form is goaltending, spelled G-O-A-L-T-E-N-D-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    A violation which occurs when a player interferes with the movement of the ball that is on its downward path toward the basket or on or within the rim of the basket, or after the ball touched the backboard.
  2. 2
    The activity of a goaltender.

Etymology

From goal + tending.

Synonyms

goalkeepingnetminding

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gaoltending
  • ggoaltending
  • goaletnding
  • goalltending
  • goaltedning
  • goaltendding
  • goaltendign
  • goaltendingg
  • goaltendinng
  • goaltendnig
  • goaltenidng
  • goaltennding
  • goaltneding
  • goalttending
  • goatlending
  • golatending
  • ogaltending

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of goaltending - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

gaoltending2ggoaltending1goaletnding2goalltending1goaltedning2goaltendding1goaltendign2goaltendingg1
Edit distance from "goaltending"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "goaltending"?
"goaltending" is spelled G-O-A-L-T-E-N-D-I-N-G.
What does "goaltending" mean?
As a noun, "goaltending" means: A violation which occurs when a player interferes with the movement of the ball that is on its downward path toward the basket or on or within the rim of the basket, or after the ball touched the b...
What are common misspellings of "goaltending"?
Common misspellings include "gaoltending", "ggoaltending", "goaletnding", "goalltending", "goaltedning". The correct spelling is "goaltending".
What is the origin of the word "goaltending"?
From goal + tending. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "goaltending", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

goalkeeping#42,670headteacher#42,692horseradish#42,699dialectical#42,605

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

headmistress17 variantslogarithmic17 variantsNorthumbria17 variantsostentatious17 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list