# goldfish

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡoʊldfɪʃ/ · frequency rank #20,126

## Definitions
1. A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.
2. A person with an unreliable memory.
3. Nonstandard form of Goldfish (“a small orange saltine-like cracker shaped in the form of a fish”).

## Etymology
From gold + fish.

## Common misspellings (13)
`ggoldfish`, `glodfish`, `godlfish`, `golddfish`, `goldffish`, `goldfihs`, `goldfishh`, `goldfissh`, `goldfsih`, `goldifsh`, `golfdish`, `golldfish`, `ogldfish`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/goldfish