# Gogol

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #49,947

## Definitions
1. A 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.

## Easily confused with
- **goo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gogol-vs-goo)
- **GOL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gogol-vs-gol)
- **good** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gogol-vs-good)
- **goon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gogol-vs-goon)
- **GOTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gogol-vs-goto)
- **goof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gogol-vs-goof)
- **goop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gogol-vs-goop)
- **Gopal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gogol-vs-gopal)
- **gorgon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gogol-vs-gorgon)
- **gog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gog-vs-gogol)
- **goal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goal-vs-gogol)
- **gaol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaol-vs-gogol)
- **gogo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gogo-vs-gogol)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ggogol`, `ggool`, `goggol`, `goglo`, `gogoll`, `googl`, `oggol`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gogol