Golgotha
/ˈɡɒlɡəθə/
"golgotha" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Golgotha” is uncommon English (frequency #74,128 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,128
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.
Corpus desk
Index EN-golgotha · Golgotha · English
Golgotha · rank #74,128 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,128
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Gordian
Nearest frequency peer: Gordian (+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 “Golgotha”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Giraud
Giraud
25,877 corpus weight
- glassman
glassman
25,876 corpus weight
- GLBT
GLBT
25,875 corpus weight
- Golgotha
Golgotha
25,873 corpus weight
- Gordian
Gordian
25,872 corpus weight
- gouges
gouges
25,871 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Golgotha” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Golgotha |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɒlɡəθə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,128 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Golgotha” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Golgotha is uncommon English at frequency #74,128 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɡɒlɡəθə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Golgotha has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: * From the Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ) from the Aramaic גּוּלְגּוּלְתָּא (gulgultā). * (rooms of the heads of the colleges; a hat): Punning on "the place of the skulls/heads". The correct English form is Golgotha, spelled G-O-L-G-O-T-H-A.
Definition
- 1The hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.
- 2The rooms of the heads of the colleges.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Golgotha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha"
But Printing is not the only, nor the principal uſe, for which theſe ſtupendous ſtone-walls were erected; for here is that famous apartment, by idle wits and buffoons nick-named Golgotha, i.e. the place of Sculls or Heads of colleges and halls, where they meet and debate upon all extraordinary affairs, which occur within the precincts of their juriſdiction.
Etymology
* From the Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ) from the Aramaic גּוּלְגּוּלְתָּא (gulgultā). * (rooms of the heads of the colleges; a hat): Punning on "the place of the skulls/heads".
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).