goldfinch
/ˈɡoʊldˌfɪnt͡ʃ/
"goldfinch" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“goldfinch” is uncommon English (frequency #57,410 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,410
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several small passerine birds of the finch family
Corpus desk
Index EN-goldfinch · goldfinch · English
goldfinch · rank #57,410 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,410
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH goggle
Nearest frequency peer: goggle (-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 “goldfinch”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- glasshouse
glasshouse
42,595 corpus weight
- gleeful
gleeful
42,594 corpus weight
- gluck
gluck
42,593 corpus weight
- goggle
goggle
42,592 corpus weight
- goldfinch
goldfinch
42,591 corpus weight
- gord
gord
42,589 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “goldfinch” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | goldfinch |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡoʊldˌfɪnt͡ʃ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,410 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “goldfinch” in English
Rare enough to double-check
goldfinch is uncommon English at frequency #57,410 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡoʊldˌfɪnt͡ʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for goldfinch, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English goldfinch, goldfynch, goldefynch, from Old English goldfinċ, equivalent to gold + finch. Compare West Frisian goudfink (“goldfinch”), Dutch goudvink (“bullfinch”), German Goldfink (“goldfinch”), Danish guldfink (“goldfinch”), Icelandic g… The correct English form is goldfinch, spelled G-O-L-D-F-I-N-C-H.
Definition
- 1Any of several small passerine birds of the finch family
- 2Any of several small passerine birds of the finch family
- 3Any of several small passerine birds of the finch family
- 4Any of several small passerine birds of the finch family
- 5A sovereign (the coin).
Etymology
From Middle English goldfinch, goldfynch, goldefynch, from Old English goldfinċ, equivalent to gold + finch. Compare West Frisian goudfink (“goldfinch”), Dutch goudvink (“bullfinch”), German Goldfink (“goldfinch”), Danish guldfink (“goldfinch”), Icelandic gullfinka (“goldfinch”).
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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