Godley
"godley" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Godley” is uncommon English (frequency #76,809 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,809
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A placename:
Corpus desk
Index EN-godley · Godley · English
Godley · rank #76,809 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,809
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Gogglebox
Nearest frequency peer: Gogglebox (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Godley”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gladiolus
gladiolus
23,196 corpus weight
- gleaning
gleaning
23,195 corpus weight
- Godley
Godley
23,192 corpus weight
- Gogglebox
Gogglebox
23,191 corpus weight
- grabby
grabby
23,187 corpus weight
- grandee
grandee
23,186 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Godley” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Godley |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Godley” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Godley is uncommon English at frequency #76,809 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Godley in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Old English byname Gōda + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). The correct English form is Godley, spelled G-O-D-L-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A placename:
- 2A placename:
- 3A placename:
- 4A habitational surname from Old English.
Etymology
From the Old English byname Gōda + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
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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