gosling
/ˈɡɑzlɪŋ/noun
gosling is spelled G-O-S-L-I-N-G: 7 letters. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gosling means “A young goose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gosling is goslings.
How many letters and syllables are in gosling?
| Letters | 7: G-O-S-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is gosling?
Gosling appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce gosling?
- UK /ˈɡɒzlɪŋ/
- US /ˈɡɑzlɪŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gosling.wav, En-us-gosling.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of gosling
- goslings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gosling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A young goose.
- 2
An inexperienced and immature, or foolish and naive, young person.
- 3
datedA catkin on willows, nut trees, and pines.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gosling in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | oison, oiselet |
| German | Gänseküken, Gänslein, Gänschen, Gössel, junge Gans , Grünschnabel |
| Portuguese | gansinho |
| Spanish | ansarino, ansarón |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does gosling come from?
From Late Middle English goslyng (“gosling”), alteration (due to Middle English goos (“goose”)) of earlier gesling (“gosling”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse gæsling, géslingr (“gosling”), from gás (“goose”) + -lingr (“-ling”), equivalent to goose + -ling. Cognate with Danish gæsling (“gosling”), Swedish gässling (“gosling”). Compare also Low German gossel, gössel (“gosling”), German Gänslein (“gosling”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).