goldfield

noun

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"goldfield" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“goldfield” is uncommon English (frequency #75,001 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,001
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An area where gold ore is found

Corpus desk

Index EN-goldfield · goldfield · English

goldfield · rank #75,001 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,001
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gorski

Nearest frequency peer: Gorski (+1 rank slots)

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.

Long-tail ranks near “goldfield”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “goldfield” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for goldfield
PropertyValue
Headwordgoldfield
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#75,001
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “goldfield” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).goldfieldfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Gorski” (#75,002), “goddaughter” (#74,999), “Gosnell” (#75,003). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “goldfield” is #75,001. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

goldfield is uncommon English at frequency #75,001 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An area where gold ore is found".

No misspelling variants are generated for goldfield in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From gold + field. The correct English form is goldfield, spelled G-O-L-D-F-I-E-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    An area where gold ore is found

Etymology

From gold + field.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "goldfield"?
"goldfield" is spelled G-O-L-D-F-I-E-L-D.
What does "goldfield" mean?
As a noun, "goldfield" means: An area where gold ore is found
What is the origin of the word "goldfield"?
From gold + field. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "goldfield", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Geoghegan#74,988haplotype#75,027Harpenden#75,029hollowing#75,048

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list