Goliath
/ɡəˈlaɪəθ/
"goliath" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Goliath” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,846. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,846
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A giant who, according to the Bible, was vanquished in battle with King David.
Corpus desk
Index EN-goliath · Goliath · English
Goliath · rank #23,846 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,846
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Goethe
Nearest frequency peer: Goethe (-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 “Goliath”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- geopolitical
geopolitical
76,158 corpus weight
- glitches
glitches
76,157 corpus weight
- Goethe
Goethe
76,156 corpus weight
- Goliath
Goliath
76,155 corpus weight
- governs
governs
76,154 corpus weight
- grievance
grievance
76,152 corpus weight
What this shows “Goliath” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Goliath |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɡəˈlaɪəθ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,846 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Goliath”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Goliath (IPA /ɡəˈlaɪəθ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,846 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Goliath, with forms such as "ggoliath", "gloiath", and "goilath". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hebrew גָּלְיָת (golyāṯ). The correct English form is Goliath, spelled G-O-L-I-A-T-H.
Definition
- 1A giant who, according to the Bible, was vanquished in battle with King David.
- 2A male given name from Hebrew.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew גָּלְיָת (golyāṯ).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggoliath
- gloiath
- goilath
- golaith
- goliaht
- goliathh
- goliatth
- golitah
- golliath
- ogliath
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Goliath - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).