goitre
/ˈɡɔɪ.tə/
"goitre" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“goitre” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An enlargement of the front and sides of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | goitre |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɔɪ.tə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “goitre” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
goitre is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡɔɪ.tə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An enlargement of the front and sides of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland.".
goitre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French, either from Old French goitron (“throat, neck, goitre”), itself from Vulgar Latin *gutturiō, *gutturiōnem (“throat, goitre-like protrusions”), from Latin guttur, or a back-formation from French goitreux (“goitered”). The correct English form is goitre, spelled G-O-I-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1An enlargement of the front and sides of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland.
Etymology
Borrowed from French, either from Old French goitron (“throat, neck, goitre”), itself from Vulgar Latin *gutturiō, *gutturiōnem (“throat, goitre-like protrusions”), from Latin guttur, or a back-formation from French goitreux (“goitered”).
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “goitre”
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- The one correct English spelling is G-O-I-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.