gooder
"gooder" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gooder” is uncommon English (frequency #63,654 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,654
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - comparative form of good: more good
Corpus desk
Index EN-gooder · gooder · English
gooder · rank #63,654 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,654
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,276
- PHOTO-FINISH goel
Nearest frequency peer: goel (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gooder”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- GNR
GNR
36,349 corpus weight
- goel
goel
36,348 corpus weight
- gooder
gooder
36,347 corpus weight
- gramma
gramma
36,345 corpus weight
- greasing
greasing
36,344 corpus weight
- greenstone
greenstone
36,343 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gooder” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gooder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,654 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gooder” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gooder is uncommon English at frequency #63,654 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "comparative form of good: more good".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gooder, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From good + -er (comparative suffix). The correct English form is gooder, spelled G-O-O-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1comparative form of good: more good
Etymology
From good + -er (comparative suffix).
Antonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gooder", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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.