goofed

/ɡuːft/

//ɡuːft// verb

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"goofed" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“goofed” is uncommon English (frequency #64,408 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,408
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of goof

Corpus desk

Index EN-goofed · goofed · English

goofed · rank #64,408 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,408
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH GOMER

Nearest frequency peer: GOMER (-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 “goofed”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “goofed” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for goofed
PropertyValue
Headwordgoofed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɡuːft/
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,408
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “goofed” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).goofedfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “GOMER” (#64,407), “Greenblatt” (#64,410), “gneiss” (#64,405). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “goofed” is #64,408. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

goofed is uncommon English at frequency #64,408 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɡuːft/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of goof".

goofed doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is goofed, spelled G-O-O-F-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of goof

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "goofed"?
"goofed" is spelled G-O-O-F-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡuːft/.
What does "goofed" mean?
As a verb, "goofed" means: simple past and past participle of goof
How do you pronounce "goofed"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "goofed" is /ɡuːft/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "goofed" come from?
"goofed" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "goofed", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gneiss#64,405Gilson#64,402Gertie#64,399harmer#64,417

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list