gold mine
/ˈɡəʊldˌmaɪn/
"gold-mine" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gold mine” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A mine for gold ore or metal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gold-mine · gold mine · English
gold mine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 mine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡəʊldˌmaɪn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gold mine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gold mine is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡəʊldˌmaɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gold mine, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is gold mine, spelled G-O-L-D- -M-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A mine for gold ore or metal.
- 2A very profitable economic venture.
- 3A plentiful stockpile of something sought-after.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gold mine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
South Africa has many goldmines.
This oil deposit is a regular gold mine. We make more and more money every year!
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.