goddam

Name: goddam, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“goddam” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,160. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,160
frequency rank, English: 2,313
“G” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An English person, from the perspective of a French person or in the context of French history, originating during the Hundred Years' War.

Corpus desk

Index EN-goddam · goddam · English

goddam · rank #42,160 · 7 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-MID #42,160
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 2,313
PHOTO-FINISH glyphosate

Nearest frequency peer: glyphosate (-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.

glittery

57,845
globular

57,844
glutathione

57,843
glyphosate

57,842
goddam

57,841
gow

57,840

What this shows “goddam” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

goddam vs Gotham

50% similar

goddam vs gundam

67% similar

goddam vs goddamn

86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for goddam
Property	Value
Headword	goddam
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#42,160
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “goddam”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).goddamlands here:

#42,160

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “glyphosate” (#42,159), “gow” (#42,161), “glutathione” (#42,158). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “goddam” is #42,160. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around goddam, anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,160 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An English person, from the perspective of a French person or in the context of French history, originating during the Hundred Years' War.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for goddam, with forms such as "gdodam", "ggoddam", and "godadm". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Gotham", "gundam", "goddamn", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French goddam (“English person”), from English goddamn. The correct English form is goddam, spelled G-O-D-D-A-M.

Definition

1
An English person, from the perspective of a French person or in the context of French history, originating during the Hundred Years' War.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

That is why the goddams will take Orleans. And you cannot stop them, nor ten thousand like you.

Etymology

From French goddam (“English person”), from English goddamn.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

gdodam
ggoddam
godadm
godam
goddamm
goddma
ogddam

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of goddam - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "goddam"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "goddam"?

"goddam" is spelled G-O-D-D-A-M.

What does "goddam" mean?

As a noun, "goddam" means: An English person, from the perspective of a French person or in the context of French history, originating during the Hundred Years' War.

What words are commonly confused with "goddam"?

"goddam" is commonly confused with "Gotham", "gundam", "goddamn". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "goddam"?

From French goddam (“English person”), from English goddamn. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "goddam", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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