Goguryeo
/ɡəʊˈɡʊəjəʊ/
"goguryeo" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Goguryeo” is uncommon English (frequency #69,896 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,896
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 37 BCE to 668 CE; at its maximum covering all of North Korea, the northern part of South Korea, parts of Manchuria in no...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Goguryeo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɡəʊˈɡʊəjəʊ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,896 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Goguryeo” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Goguryeo is uncommon English at frequency #69,896 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɡəʊˈɡʊəjəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Goguryeo, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Revised Romanization of Korean 고구려(高句麗) (Goguryeo). Compare Goryeo and Korea. The correct English form is Goguryeo, spelled G-O-G-U-R-Y-E-O.
Definition
- 1An ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 37 BCE to 668 CE; at its maximum covering all of North Korea, the northern part of South Korea, parts of Manchuria in northeast China, and parts of Primorsky Krai in Russia.
- 2The language spoken in the Goguryeo kingdom.
Etymology
From the Revised Romanization of Korean 고구려(高句麗) (Goguryeo). Compare Goryeo and Korea.
Synonyms
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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 “Goguryeo”
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- The one correct English spelling is G-O-G-U-R-Y-E-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.