goos
/ɡuːz/
"goos" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“goos” is uncommon English (frequency #89,409 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,409
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of goo
Corpus desk
Index EN-goos · goos · English
goos · rank #89,409 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,409
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Gokhale
Nearest frequency peer: Gokhale (-2 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 “goos”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- giz
giz
10,598 corpus weight
- gluteal
gluteal
10,596 corpus weight
- GMR
GMR
10,595 corpus weight
- Gokhale
Gokhale
10,594 corpus weight
- goos
goos
10,592 corpus weight
- Grahamstown
Grahamstown
10,587 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “goos” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | goos |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡuːz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #89,409 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “goos” in English
Rare enough to double-check
goos is uncommon English at frequency #89,409 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡuːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of goo".
No generated misspelling entries exist for goos in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is goos, spelled G-O-O-S.
Definition
- 1plural of goo
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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