godhood

noun

"godhood" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“godhood” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of divinity: the state of being a god or God.

Corpus desk

Index EN-godhood · godhood · English

godhood · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for godhood
PropertyValue
Headwordgodhood
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “godhood” in English

godhoodfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

godhood is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of divinity: the state of being a god or God.".

No misspelling variants are generated for godhood in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English *godhod, from Old English godhād, equivalent to god + -hood. Compare godhead and Dutch godheid as well as German Gottheit. The correct English form is godhood, spelled G-O-D-H-O-O-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of divinity: the state of being a god or God.

Etymology

From Middle English *godhod, from Old English godhād, equivalent to god + -hood. Compare godhead and Dutch godheid as well as German Gottheit.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "godhood"?
"godhood" is spelled G-O-D-H-O-O-D.
What does "godhood" mean?
As a noun, "godhood" means: Synonym of divinity: the state of being a god or God.
What is the origin of the word "godhood"?
From Middle English *godhod, from Old English godhād, equivalent to god + -hood. Compare godhead and Dutch godheid as well as German Gottheit. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list