goose egg
"goose-egg" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“goose egg” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zero; nothing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-goose-egg · goose egg · English
goose egg · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | goose egg |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “goose egg” in English
Rare enough to double-check
goose egg is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for goose egg, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the oval shape of both a goose's egg and the Arabic numeral zero (0). The correct English form is goose egg, spelled G-O-O-S-E- -E-G-G.
Definition
- 1Zero; nothing.
- 2A swelling caused by a bump on the head.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how goose egg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I missed every question on the quiz and got a goose egg.
Grandmaster and grand duffer alike prefer the all-important point to the ignominious goose egg.
Etymology
From the oval shape of both a goose's egg and the Arabic numeral zero (0).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.