gold fever
"gold-fever" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gold fever” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A feverish obsession with seeking gold ore; an era (figuratively an epidemic) during which this obsession grips a large number of people.
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Index EN-gold-fever · gold fever · English
gold fever · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gold fever |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gold fever” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gold fever is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gold fever, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is gold fever, spelled G-O-L-D- -F-E-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1A feverish obsession with seeking gold ore; an era (figuratively an epidemic) during which this obsession grips a large number of people.
- 2An excessive craving for profit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gold fever appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He caught a real bad case of the gold fever that was going around at the time.
That was during the gold fever, when strangers descended on the town and all the shovels were plum sold out at the general store.
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.