Godfrey
/ˈɡɑdfɹi/
"godfrey" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Godfrey” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,847. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,847
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A male given name from the Germanic languages.
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 | Godfrey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɑdfɹi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #19,847 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Godfrey” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Godfrey (IPA /ˈɡɑdfɹi/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,847 among 18,276 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Godfrey, with forms such as "gdofrey", "ggodfrey", and "goddfrey". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Geoffrey", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French Godefrei, from Old High German Godafrid (“peace of God”), from Proto-Germanic *Gudafriþuz. Equivalent to god + frith. Doublet of Gottfried and Geoffrey. The correct English form is Godfrey, spelled G-O-D-F-R-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- 2A surname originating as a patronymic.
- 3A placename
- 4A placename
- 5A placename
- 6A placename
- 7A placename
- 8A placename
Etymology
From Old French Godefrei, from Old High German Godafrid (“peace of God”), from Proto-Germanic *Gudafriþuz. Equivalent to god + frith. Doublet of Gottfried and Geoffrey.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: gdofrey,ggodfrey,goddfrey,godfery,godffrey,godfreyy,godfrrey,godfrye,godrfey,gofdrey,ogdfrey
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Godfrey - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Godfrey”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-O-D-F-R-E-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡɑdfɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Geoffrey” - see the side-by-side comparison. Godfrey vs Geoffrey
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.