Gothic
/ˈɡɒθ.ɪk/
"gothic" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gothic” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,056. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,056
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An extinct Germanic language, once spoken by the Goths.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gothic · Gothic · English
Gothic · rank #12,056 · 9 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,056
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH graffiti
Nearest frequency peer: graffiti (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Gothic”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- furnished
furnished
87,949 corpus weight
- fuzzy
fuzzy
87,948 corpus weight
- Gibbs
Gibbs
87,947 corpus weight
- Gothic
Gothic
87,945 corpus weight
- graffiti
graffiti
87,944 corpus weight
- grenade
grenade
87,943 corpus weight
What this shows “Gothic” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gothic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɒθ.ɪk/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Gothic”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Gothic (IPA /ˈɡɒθ.ɪk/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,056 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gothic, with forms such as "ggothic", "gohtic", and "gothci". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Goths", "Gotti", "goth", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin gothicus (“Gothic, barbaric”), from Ancient Greek Γοτθικός (Gotthikós), from Ancient Greek Γότθοι (Gótthoi, “Goths”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), proposed to derive from unattested Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta). Equivalent to Goth + -ic. The various u… The correct English form is Gothic, spelled G-O-T-H-I-C.
Definition
- 1An extinct Germanic language, once spoken by the Goths.
- 2Certain moths of the family Noctuidae.
- 3A particular species of moth of the family Noctuidae, Naenia typica.
Etymology
From Late Latin gothicus (“Gothic, barbaric”), from Ancient Greek Γοτθικός (Gotthikós), from Ancient Greek Γότθοι (Gótthoi, “Goths”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), proposed to derive from unattested Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta). Equivalent to Goth + -ic. The various usages of the adjective are introduced nearly simultaneously in the first half of the 17th century. The literal meaning “of the Goths” is found in the 1611 preface of the King James Bible, in reference to the Gothicke tongue. The generalized meaning of “Germanic, Teutonic” appears in the 1640s. Reference to the medieval period in Western Europe, and specifically the architecture of that period (“barbaric style”, initially a term of abuse), also appears in the 1640s, as does reference to “Gothic characters” or “Gothic letters” in typography.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggothic
- gohtic
- gothci
- gothhic
- gothicc
- gotihc
- gotthic
- gtohic
- ogthic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gothic - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Same letter count
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).