# google

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɡuː.ɡəl/ · frequency rank #1,455

## Definitions
1. To bowl (a cricket ball) so that it performs a googly (“a ball by a leg-break bowler that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery”).
2. Of a bowler: to bowl or deliver a googly.
3. Of a cricket ball: to move as in a googly.

## Etymology
Back-formation from googly + -le (frequentative suffix (indicating continuousness or repetition) forming verbs).

## Easily confused with
- **goose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/google-vs-goose)
- **gorge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/google-vs-gorge)
- **gouge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/google-vs-gouge)
- **googly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/google-vs-googly)
- **goode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goode-vs-google)
- **giggle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giggle-vs-google)
- **gobble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gobble-vs-google)
- **goodie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goodie-vs-google)
- **gaggle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaggle-vs-google)
- **goggles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goggles-vs-google)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ggoogle`, `gogle`, `gogole`, `googel`, `googgle`, `googlle`, `goolge`, `ogogle`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/google