# gosh

> English word · Interjection · IPA /ɡɒʃ/ · frequency rank #8,296

## Definitions
1. A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.

## Etymology
Altered from God. First seen in 1757 as by gosh, probably from by gosse in Nicholas Udall's Ralph Roister Doister (circa 1553).

## Easily confused with
- **GS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-gs)
- **got** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-got)
- **GPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-gps)
- **Gus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-gus)
- **GST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-gst)
- **GSM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-gsm)
- **GSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-gsa)
- **GTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-gts)
- **GSP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-gsp)
- **gow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-gow)
- **gown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-gown)
- **goth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-goth)
- **gust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-gust)
- **GOTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-goto)
- **gout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-gout)
- **goss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-goss)
- **gove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-gove)
- **gush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-gush)
- **gots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-gots)
- **Gott** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gosh-vs-gott)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ggosh`, `gohs`, `goshh`, `gossh`, `gsoh`, `ogsh`

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