Gozo
/ˈɡəʊzəʊ/
"gozo" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gozo” is uncommon English (frequency #75,922 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,922
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The second-largest island of the Republic of Malta.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gozo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡəʊzəʊ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #75,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gozo” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gozo is uncommon English at frequency #75,922 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɡəʊzəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The second-largest island of the Republic of Malta.".
Gozo has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Ultimately from Maltese Għawdex. The correct English form is Gozo, spelled G-O-Z-O.
Definition
- 1The second-largest island of the Republic of Malta.
Etymology
Ultimately from Maltese Għawdex.
This word in other languages
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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Using “Gozo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-O-Z-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.