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 May 6, 2026) - A feverish obsession with seeking gold ore; an era (figuratively an epidemic) during which this obsession grips a large number of people.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gold fever |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gold fever” sits in English frequency
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.
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 “gold fever”
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- The one correct English spelling is G-O-L-D- -F-E-V-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.