goddamn
/ˌɡɒdˈdæm/interjection, adjective, noun
goddamn is spelled G-O-D-D-A-M-N. The wrong spelling people search most is godamm: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 16 of all searches for the word. Goddamn is a vulgar interjection meaning “An expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration”.
How many letters and syllables are in goddamn?
| Letters | 7: G-O-D-D-A-M-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.8 times per million words; the 7,224th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, godamm, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell goddamn?
Goddamn is spelled G-O-D-D-A-M-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 16 of the searches for goddamn in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is goddamn?
Goddamn appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th 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 goddamn?
- /ˌɡɒdˈdæm/
- /ˈɡɒd.dæm/
- /ˈɡɒdæm/
As an adjective (“Damned by God”): /ˈɡɒd.dæm/, /ˈɡɒdæm/.
Goddamn has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-goddamn.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with goddamn
Also written: god dammit, god damn (one word or two), goddam.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of goddamn
- god damn
- goddam
- goddamned
- goddammit
- goddamnit
- gawldamn
- goddamns plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does goddamn mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
colloquialvulgarAn expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration.
Person A: You're not going to believe this: he just did it again, despite your warning. Person B: Goddamn!
adjective
- 1
derogatoryDamned by God.
- 2
offensivevulgarUsed as an intensifier.
Where's the goddamn cartridge?
noun
- 1
colloquialvulgarA more emphatic form of damn.
I don't give a goddamn.
- 2
Alternative form of goddam (“an English person, from French perspective”).
adjective
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of goddamn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate goddamn?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of goddamn: GD.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Goddamn in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | diable!, merde!, bon Dieu de merde!, nom de Dieu! , en diable, sacré |
| German | verdammt noch mal, gottverdammt , verdammt, verflucht, höllisch |
| Portuguese | caramba!, droga!, raios partam! , maldito, amaldiçoado, do caramba |
| Spanish | ¡hostia!, ¡me cago en Dios!, ¡joder!, ¡puta madre!, rediós, ¡maldita sea! |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does goddamn come from?
From God + damn; originally, and sometimes still, a present subjunctive expression of a wish that God smite someone for their wickedness; compare also antonymous God bless, God bless you, and God love (someone or something).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).