Gozo
/ˈɡəʊzəʊ/
"gozo" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gozo” is uncommon English (frequency #75,922 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,922
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The second-largest island of the Republic of Malta.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gozo · Gozo · English
Gozo · rank #75,922 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,922
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH goulash
Nearest frequency peer: goulash (-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 “Gozo”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- GNI
GNI
24,084 corpus weight
- goofs
goofs
24,082 corpus weight
- goulash
goulash
24,080 corpus weight
- Gozo
Gozo
24,079 corpus weight
- Gracchus
Gracchus
24,078 corpus weight
- grom
grom
24,075 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Gozo” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Gozo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Gozo is uncommon English at frequency #75,922 among 2,313 “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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).