Gokhale
"gokhale" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gokhale” is uncommon English (frequency #89,407 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,407
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Marathi.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gokhale |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gokhale” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gokhale is uncommon English at frequency #89,407 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Marathi.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Gokhale in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Marathi गोखले (gokhle). The correct English form is Gokhale, spelled G-O-K-H-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1A surname from Marathi.
Etymology
Borrowed from Marathi गोखले (gokhle).
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 “Gokhale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-O-K-H-A-L-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.