goat cheese

noun

"goat-cheese" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“goat cheese” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any cheese produced using goatmilk.

Key facts for goat cheese
PropertyValue
Headwordgoat cheese
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “goat cheese” sits in English frequency

goat cheese falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

goat cheese is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any cheese produced using goatmilk.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for goat cheese, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English gate cuse. The correct English form is goat cheese, spelled G-O-A-T- -C-H-E-E-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any cheese produced using goatmilk.

Etymology

From Middle English gate cuse.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "goat cheese"?
"goat cheese" is spelled G-O-A-T- -C-H-E-E-S-E.
What does "goat cheese" mean?
As a noun, "goat cheese" means: Any cheese produced using goatmilk.
What is the origin of the word "goat cheese"?
From Middle English gate cuse. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “goat cheese”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is G-O-A-T- -C-H-E-E-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list