greylag goose
/ˌɡɹeɪlæɡ ˈɡuːs/
"greylag-goose" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“greylag goose” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anser anser, a goose that breads in northern Eurasia and winters in semitropical Asia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-greylag-goose · greylag goose · English
greylag goose · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | greylag goose |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɡɹeɪlæɡ ˈɡuːs/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “greylag goose” in English
Rare enough to double-check
greylag goose is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɡɹeɪlæɡ ˈɡuːs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anser anser, a goose that breads in northern Eurasia and winters in semitropical Asia.".
greylag goose doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is greylag goose, spelled G-R-E-Y-L-A-G- -G-O-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Anser anser, a goose that breads in northern Eurasia and winters in semitropical Asia.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.