Gomorrah
/ɡəˈmɔː.ɹə/
"gomorrah" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gomorrah” is uncommon English (frequency #52,966 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,966
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in the Middle East which, according to the Hebrew Bible and to Islamic tradition, was destroyed by God (along with Sodom) for the sins of its inhabitants.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gomorrah · Gomorrah · English
Gomorrah · rank #52,966 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,966
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH glutamine
Nearest frequency peer: glutamine (-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 “Gomorrah”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Gisborne
Gisborne
47,038 corpus weight
- glaciation
glaciation
47,037 corpus weight
- glutamine
glutamine
47,036 corpus weight
- Gomorrah
Gomorrah
47,035 corpus weight
- goofball
goofball
47,034 corpus weight
- Gorton
Gorton
47,033 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Gomorrah” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gomorrah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɡəˈmɔː.ɹə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,966 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Gomorrah” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Gomorrah is uncommon English at frequency #52,966 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɡəˈmɔː.ɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city in the Middle East which, according to the Hebrew Bible and to Islamic tradition, was destroyed by God (along with Sodom) for the sins of its inhabitants.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gomorrah, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Γόμορρᾰ (Gómorrhă), from Biblical Hebrew עֲמֹרָה (ʿămōrā). The correct English form is Gomorrah, spelled G-O-M-O-R-R-A-H.
Definition
- 1A city in the Middle East which, according to the Hebrew Bible and to Islamic tradition, was destroyed by God (along with Sodom) for the sins of its inhabitants.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Γόμορρᾰ (Gómorrhă), from Biblical Hebrew עֲמֹרָה (ʿămōrā).
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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