golem
/ˈɡəʊ.ləm/
"golem" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“golem” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,470. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,470
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-golem · golem · English
golem · rank #37,470 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,470
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH glyn
Nearest frequency peer: glyn (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “golem”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- gatekeeper
gatekeeper
62,535 corpus weight
- glyn
glyn
62,532 corpus weight
- golem
golem
62,531 corpus weight
- gossiping
gossiping
62,530 corpus weight
- gracias
gracias
62,529 corpus weight
- grafting
grafting
62,528 corpus weight
What this shows “golem” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | golem |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡəʊ.ləm/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #37,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “golem”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around golem (IPA /ˈɡəʊ.ləm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,470 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for golem, with forms such as "ggolem", "gloem", and "goelm". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gone", "golf", "gore", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem). The correct English form is golem, spelled G-O-L-E-M.
Definition
- 1A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic.
- 2A humanoid creature made from any previously inanimate matter, such as wood or stone, animated by magic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how golem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She is elected mayor through the help of a golem she creates out of the soil of the potted plants she keeps in her apartment.
“There was also stuff that we actually had to take out which would have ruined the plot of the movie,” he said of his favorite details. “Getting the angry old man in there was very important, and the woodland mansion. But also things like the iron golems turned out so well.”
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggolem
- gloem
- goelm
- golemm
- gollem
- golme
- oglem
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of golem - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "golem", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).