goose flesh
/ˈɡusˌflɛʃ/
"goose-flesh" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“goose flesh” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of goose bumps.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | goose flesh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡusˌflɛʃ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “goose flesh” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
goose flesh is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡusˌflɛʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of goose bumps.".
goose flesh has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is goose flesh, spelled G-O-O-S-E- -F-L-E-S-H.
Definition
- 1Synonym of goose bumps.
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.
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Using “goose flesh”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-O-O-S-E- -F-L-E-S-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡusˌflɛʃ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.