Goodenough
/ˈɡʊd.(ə.)nʌf/
"goodenough" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Goodenough” is uncommon English (frequency #77,716 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,716
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-goodenough · Goodenough · English
Goodenough · rank #77,716 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,716
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH goog
Nearest frequency peer: goog (+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 “Goodenough”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- glottal
glottal
22,289 corpus weight
- godfathers
godfathers
22,287 corpus weight
- Goodenough
Goodenough
22,285 corpus weight
- goog
goog
22,284 corpus weight
- gorged
gorged
22,282 corpus weight
- Goryeo
Goryeo
22,281 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Goodenough” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Goodenough |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡʊd.(ə.)nʌf/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #77,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Goodenough” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Goodenough is uncommon English at frequency #77,716 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɡʊd.(ə.)nʌf/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Goodenough, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English, from gode (“good”) + ynogh (“enough”). Alternatively from gode (“good”) + knave (“boy, servant”). The correct English form is Goodenough, spelled G-O-O-D-E-N-O-U-G-H.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
From Middle English, from gode (“good”) + ynogh (“enough”). Alternatively from gode (“good”) + knave (“boy, servant”).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).