goddess
/ˈɡɒdɛs/
"goddess" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“goddess” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,013. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,013
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female deity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-goddess · goddess · English
goddess · rank #7,013 · 7 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,013
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH frames
Nearest frequency peer: frames (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “goddess”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- evaluate
evaluate
92,991 corpus weight
- formally
formally
92,990 corpus weight
- frames
frames
92,989 corpus weight
- goddess
goddess
92,988 corpus weight
- Hampshire
Hampshire
92,986 corpus weight
- harassment
harassment
92,985 corpus weight
What this shows “goddess” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | goddess |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɒdɛs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,013 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “goddess”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around goddess (IPA /ˈɡɒdɛs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,013 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for goddess, with forms such as "gdodess", "ggoddess", and "goddes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "godless", "goodness", "Geddes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English goddesse, equivalent to god + -ess, formed about 1350. The figurative meaning is first found in Edmund Spenser's Shepheardes calender (1579). Displaced Old English gyden. The correct English form is goddess, spelled G-O-D-D-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1A female deity.
- 2A woman honored or adored as physically attractive or of superior charm and intelligence.
- 3A woman of substantial authority or influence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how goddess appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] since the goddess Antu did not hold a prominent status at Uruk before the fifth century. The primary purpose of MLC 1890 was evidently to present Antu as universal goddess and all-encompassing cosmic location.
The girls who had tormented me in high school had fallen, hard, from their pedestals. The cheerleader goddesses were Wal-Mart moms, wearing enough eyeliner and dark shadow to supply a Goth nightclub for a month.
Etymology
From Middle English goddesse, equivalent to god + -ess, formed about 1350. The figurative meaning is first found in Edmund Spenser's Shepheardes calender (1579). Displaced Old English gyden.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gdodess
- ggoddess
- goddes
- goddses
- godedss
- godess
- ogddess
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of goddess - 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.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).