gold mine
/ˈɡəʊldˌmaɪn/
"gold-mine" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gold mine” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A mine for gold ore or metal.
| 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) |
Where “gold mine” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for gold mine is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡəʊldˌmaɪn/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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 mine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-O-L-D- -M-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡəʊldˌmaɪn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.