Gogol
"gogol" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gogol” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,947. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,947
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Russian and Ukrainian surname.
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 | Gogol |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #49,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gogol” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Gogol, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #49,947 among 18,276 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A Russian and Ukrainian surname.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gogol, with forms such as "ggogol", "ggool", and "goggol". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "goo", "GOL", "good", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Russian Го́голь (Gógolʹ) and Ukrainian Го́голь (Hóholʹ). The surname is from Ukrainian го́голь (hóholʹ, “common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”) < Proto-Slavic *gogolь. Compare Russian го́голь (gógolʹ), Belarusian го́галь (hóhalʹ), Old East Slavic гогол… The correct English form is Gogol, spelled G-O-G-O-L.
Definition
- 1A Russian and Ukrainian surname.
Etymology
From Russian Го́голь (Gógolʹ) and Ukrainian Го́голь (Hóholʹ). The surname is from Ukrainian го́голь (hóholʹ, “common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”) < Proto-Slavic *gogolь. Compare Russian го́голь (gógolʹ), Belarusian го́галь (hóhalʹ), Old East Slavic гоголь (gogolĭ), Polish gogol.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggogol
- ggool
- goggol
- goglo
- gogoll
- googl
- oggol
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gogol - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Gogol”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-O-G-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “goo” - see the side-by-side comparison. Gogol vs goo
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Same frequency band
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.