gom
"gom" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gom” is uncommon English (frequency #72,355 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,355
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A foolish person.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gom · gom · English
gom · rank #72,355 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,355
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH goldenrod
Nearest frequency peer: goldenrod (-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 “gom”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Gielgud
Gielgud
27,651 corpus weight
- goeth
goeth
27,648 corpus weight
- goldenrod
goldenrod
27,647 corpus weight
- gom
gom
27,646 corpus weight
- gored
gored
27,645 corpus weight
- graciousness
graciousness
27,643 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gom” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #72,355 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gom” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gom is uncommon English at frequency #72,355 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A foolish person.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gom, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Irish gám (“booby, dolt”). The correct English form is gom, spelled G-O-M.
Definition
- 1A foolish person.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“ Ye don’t how how to dhrive a mothor car ! ” shouted Miles, losing his temper completely. “ What a gom ye are ! ”
Fluther: ... You must think Fluther's a right gom.
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish gám (“booby, dolt”).
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 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).