gooch
/ɡuːt͡ʃ/
"gooch" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gooch” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,718. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,718
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The perineum.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gooch · gooch · English
gooch · rank #40,718 · 7 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,718
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gogo
Nearest frequency peer: gogo (-2 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 “gooch”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Gibb
Gibb
59,288 corpus weight
- goalless
goalless
59,286 corpus weight
- gogo
gogo
59,285 corpus weight
- gooch
gooch
59,283 corpus weight
- gulliver
gulliver
59,279 corpus weight
- gunnery
gunnery
59,278 corpus weight
What this shows “gooch” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gooch |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡuːt͡ʃ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #40,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “gooch”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around gooch (IPA /ɡuːt͡ʃ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,718 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The perineum.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gooch, with forms such as "ggooch", "goch", and "gocoh". 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. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "good", "gosh", "goth", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: A corruption of guiche, another slang term for the male perineum. The correct English form is gooch, spelled G-O-O-C-H.
Definition
- 1The perineum.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gooch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For those unfamiliar, Johnson helpfully informs us that 'it's for your gooch, your Biffin's bridge, your perineum (the bit on your bum that after days in the saddle starts to chaffe).'
The feather traced the crevices in Dan's ball-skin. It danced lightly around his gooch (it really liked that, staying there for a whole ten minutes). It traced along the inside of his thigh, and then lightly licked the base [of] Dan's cock.
Etymology
A corruption of guiche, another slang term for the male perineum.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggooch
- goch
- gocoh
- goocch
- goochh
- goohc
- ogoch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gooch - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gooch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).