Goodson
/ˈɡʊd.sən/
"goodson" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Goodson” is uncommon English (frequency #60,835 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,835
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-goodson · Goodson · English
Goodson · rank #60,835 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,835
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Goma
Nearest frequency peer: Goma (-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 “Goodson”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gizzard
gizzard
39,170 corpus weight
- Godiva
Godiva
39,168 corpus weight
- Goma
Goma
39,167 corpus weight
- Goodson
Goodson
39,166 corpus weight
- gratz
gratz
39,165 corpus weight
- grindstone
grindstone
39,163 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Goodson” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Goodson |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡʊd.sən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,835 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Goodson” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Goodson is uncommon English at frequency #60,835 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɡʊd.sən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Goodson has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is Goodson, spelled G-O-O-D-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1A surname.
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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