goshdarnit

intj

"goshdarnit" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“goshdarnit” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - goddammit.

Corpus desk

Index EN-goshdarnit · goshdarnit · English

goshdarnit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for goshdarnit
PropertyValue
Headwordgoshdarnit
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechInterjection
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “goshdarnit” in English

goshdarnitsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

goshdarnit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "goddammit.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for goshdarnit in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: Univerbation of gosh + darn + it, euphemistic forms of God and damn. Compare goshdangit, goddammit. The correct English form is goshdarnit, spelled G-O-S-H-D-A-R-N-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    goddammit.

Etymology

Univerbation of gosh + darn + it, euphemistic forms of God and damn. Compare goshdangit, goddammit.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "goshdarnit"?
"goshdarnit" is spelled G-O-S-H-D-A-R-N-I-T.
What does "goshdarnit" mean?
As an interjection, "goshdarnit" means: goddammit.
What is the origin of the word "goshdarnit"?
Univerbation of gosh + darn + it, euphemistic forms of God and damn. Compare goshdangit, goddammit. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list