godma

noun

"godma" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Godmother; a female guideparent and trusted family friend or relative who is invited to mentor or help raise a child.

Corpus desk

Index EN-godma · godma · English

godma · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for godma
PropertyValue
Headwordgodma
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “godma” in English

godmaranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

godma is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Godmother; a female guideparent and trusted family friend or relative who is invited to mentor or help raise a child.".

Zero misspellings are on record for godma in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From god- + ma. The correct English form is godma, spelled G-O-D-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Godmother; a female guideparent and trusted family friend or relative who is invited to mentor or help raise a child.

Etymology

From god- + ma.

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 "godma"?
"godma" is spelled G-O-D-M-A.
What does "godma" mean?
As a noun, "godma" means: Godmother; a female guideparent and trusted family friend or relative who is invited to mentor or help raise a child.
What is the origin of the word "godma"?
From god- + ma. 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