# goaltending

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #42,671

## Definitions
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. The activity of a goaltender.

## Etymology
From goal + tending.

## Common misspellings (17)
`gaoltending`, `ggoaltending`, `goaletnding`, `goalltending`, `goaltedning`, `goaltendding`, `goaltendign`, `goaltendingg`, `goaltendinng`, `goaltendnig`, `goaltenidng`, `goaltennding`, `goaltneding`, `goalttending`, `goatlending`, `golatending`, `ogaltending`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/goaltending