Goulburn
"goulburn" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Goulburn” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,155. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,155
- 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-goulburn · Goulburn · English
Goulburn · rank #41,155 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,155
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gouge
Nearest frequency peer: gouge (-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 “Goulburn”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Gopal
Gopal
58,849 corpus weight
- gots
gots
58,848 corpus weight
- gouge
gouge
58,847 corpus weight
- Goulburn
Goulburn
58,846 corpus weight
- Greenock
Greenock
58,845 corpus weight
- gregarious
gregarious
58,844 corpus weight
What this shows “Goulburn” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Goulburn |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #41,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Goulburn”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Goulburn, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #41,155 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 Goulburn, with forms such as "ggoulburn", "goluburn", and "goublurn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Golborne. The correct English form is Goulburn, spelled G-O-U-L-B-U-R-N.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2A city in Goulburn Mulwaree council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Etymology
Variant of Golborne.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggoulburn
- goluburn
- goublurn
- goulbburn
- goulbrun
- goulbunr
- goulburnn
- goulburrn
- goullburn
- goulubrn
- guolburn
- ogulburn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Goulburn - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Goulburn", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).