Godoy

name

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

The verdict

“Godoy” is uncommon English (frequency #87,330 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,330
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Spanish.

Corpus desk

Index EN-godoy · Godoy · English

Godoy · rank #87,330 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,330
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH gobbler

Nearest frequency peer: gobbler (-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 “Godoy”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Godoy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Godoy
PropertyValue
HeadwordGodoy
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#87,330
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Godoy” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Godoyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “gobbler” (#87,329), “GMD” (#87,327), “goyim” (#87,335). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “Godoy” is #87,330. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Godoy is uncommon English at frequency #87,330 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Spanish.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Godoy in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish Godoy, a habitational surname from Galician. The correct English form is Godoy, spelled G-O-D-O-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname from Spanish.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Godoy, a habitational surname from Galician.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Godoy"?
"Godoy" is spelled G-O-D-O-Y.
What does "Godoy" mean?
As a proper noun, "Godoy" means: A surname from Spanish.
What is the origin of the word "Godoy"?
Borrowed from Spanish Godoy, a habitational surname from Galician. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Godoy", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

goyim#87,335grosz#87,339ganna#87,312Hijra#87,362

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list