God be with you

intj

"god-be-with-you" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“God be with you” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - God bless you.

Corpus desk

Index EN-god-be-with-you · God be with you · English

God be with you · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for God be with you
PropertyValue
HeadwordGod be with you
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechInterjection
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “God be with you” in English

God be with youfalls 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

God be with you is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for God be with you in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is God be with you, spelled G-O-D- -B-E- -W-I-T-H- -Y-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    God bless you.
  2. 2
    Goodbye.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how God be with you appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Celebrant: God be with you. Congregation: And also with you.

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 "God be with you"?
"God be with you" is spelled G-O-D- -B-E- -W-I-T-H- -Y-O-U.
What does "God be with you" mean?
As an interjection, "God be with you" means: God bless you.
What language does "God be with you" come from?
"God be with you" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list