Gottfried
"gottfried" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gottfried” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,674. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,674
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gottfried · Gottfried · English
Gottfried · rank #42,674 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,674
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH goatee
Nearest frequency peer: goatee (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Gottfried”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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goalkeeping
57,331 corpus weight
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57,330 corpus weight
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goatee
57,329 corpus weight
- Gottfried
Gottfried
57,327 corpus weight
- granddad
granddad
57,325 corpus weight
- grieved
grieved
57,323 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gottfried” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gottfried |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #42,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gottfried” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Gottfried, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,674 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gottfried, with forms such as "ggottfried", "gotfried", and "gotftried". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Jewish and German surname, from Gott (“god”) + Friede (“peace”). The correct English form is Gottfried, spelled G-O-T-T-F-R-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2A male given name.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gottfried appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gottfried Leibniz, a mathematician
Etymology
Jewish and German surname, from Gott (“god”) + Friede (“peace”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggottfried
- gotfried
- gotftried
- gottffried
- gottfired
- gottfreid
- gottfride
- gottfriedd
- gottfrried
- gottrfied
- gtotfried
- ogttfried
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gottfried - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #42,674 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.