goober
/ˈɡuːbə/
"goober" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“goober” is uncommon English (frequency #58,724 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,724
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A peanut.
Corpus desk
Index EN-goober · goober · English
goober · rank #58,724 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,724
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Gimli
Nearest frequency peer: Gimli (-3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “goober”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ghoulish
ghoulish
41,282 corpus weight
- Gimli
Gimli
41,280 corpus weight
- goober
goober
41,277 corpus weight
- Grendel
Grendel
41,274 corpus weight
- griping
griping
41,273 corpus weight
- groomer
groomer
41,272 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “goober” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | goober |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡuːbə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “goober” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
goober is uncommon English at frequency #58,724 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡuːbə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for goober, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Via Gullah from Kongo nguba (“peanut”). The correct English form is goober, spelled G-O-O-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1A peanut.
- 2A Georgian or North Carolinian, particularly one from the pine forests of the Sandhills region.
- 3A foolish, simple, or amusingly silly person.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how goober appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A few bags Gouber Pea, or Ground Pea
But he so seam I frade of he, I guess he steal my goober.
Etymology
Via Gullah from Kongo nguba (“peanut”).
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.