gopi
"gopi" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gopi” is uncommon English (frequency #67,482 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,482
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of the milkmaids that were companions of Krishna in Indian mythology.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gopi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #67,482 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gopi” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gopi is uncommon English at frequency #67,482 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of the milkmaids that were companions of Krishna in Indian mythology.".
gopi has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit गोपी (gopī). The correct English form is gopi, spelled G-O-P-I.
Definition
- 1Any of the milkmaids that were companions of Krishna in Indian mythology.
Etymology
From Sanskrit गोपी (gopī).
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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Using “gopi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-O-P-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.