Godavari
"godavari" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Godavari” is uncommon English (frequency #69,894 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,894
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A major river in South India which flows through Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Corpus desk
Index EN-godavari · Godavari · English
Godavari · rank #69,894 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,894
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH goalpost
Nearest frequency peer: goalpost (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Godavari”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- glazier
glazier
30,111 corpus weight
- GMAT
GMAT
30,109 corpus weight
- goalpost
goalpost
30,108 corpus weight
- Godavari
Godavari
30,107 corpus weight
- godforsaken
godforsaken
30,106 corpus weight
- Goguryeo
Goguryeo
30,105 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Godavari” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Godavari |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Godavari” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Godavari is uncommon English at frequency #69,894 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Godavari in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit गोदावरी (godāvarī). The correct English form is Godavari, spelled G-O-D-A-V-A-R-I.
Definition
- 1A major river in South India which flows through Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
- 2A district in Madras Presidency during British rule between 1768 and 1947.
Etymology
From Sanskrit गोदावरी (godāvarī).
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).