gowan
/ˈɡəʊ.ən/
"gowan" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gowan” is uncommon English (frequency #71,539 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,539
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A common daisy (Bellis perennis).
Corpus desk
Index EN-gowan · gowan · English
gowan · rank #71,539 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,539
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH GPI
Nearest frequency peer: GPI (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “gowan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- glycerine
glycerine
28,466 corpus weight
- Goebel
Goebel
28,465 corpus weight
- Gondwana
Gondwana
28,464 corpus weight
- gowan
gowan
28,462 corpus weight
- GPI
GPI
28,461 corpus weight
- grama
grama
28,460 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gowan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gowan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡəʊ.ən/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,539 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gowan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gowan is uncommon English at frequency #71,539 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡəʊ.ən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for gowan in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Scots, from Scottish Gaelic [Term?]. The correct English form is gowan, spelled G-O-W-A-N.
Definition
- 1A common daisy (Bellis perennis).
- 2Decomposed granite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gowan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We twa hae run about the braes, and pou’d the gowans fine; But we’ve wander’d mony a weary fit, sin' auld lang syne.
Upjohn wrote this slim volume, which, if you recall, was about preparatory schools, and in it, so Kipper tells me, said that the time spent in these establishments was the happiest of our lives. Ye Ed passed it on to Kipper for comment, and he, remembering the dark days at Malvern House, Bramley-on-Sea, when he and I were plucking the gowans fine there, s…
Etymology
From Scots, from Scottish Gaelic [Term?].
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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