goatse
/ˈɡoʊt.si/verb
goatse is spelled G-O-A-T-S-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, goatse means “To trick (a person) into viewing the image” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in goatse?
| Letters | 6: G-O-A-T-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 60 million words; the 243,301st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is goatse?
Goatse appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce goatse?
- US /ˈɡoʊt.si/
Goatse has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-goatse.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of goatse
- goatses present, singular, he/she/it
- goatseing participle, present
- goatsed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does goatse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To trick (a person) into viewing the image.
- 2
To exhibit one's anus to (a person) in a similar manner to the image.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does goatse come from?
From the name of a now defunct website which first published the image, namely goatse.cx, which used the top-level domain code .cx, reserved for Christmas Island, because an attempt by an English speaker to say the website's full name would result in a string of phonemes sounding like goat sex.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).