gulden
"gulden" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gulden” is uncommon English (frequency #88,402 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,402
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An old currency of the Netherlands (and its former overseas territory the Netherlands Antilles or the Dutch East Indies).
Corpus desk
Index EN-gulden · gulden · English
gulden · rank #88,402 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,402
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Gyles
Nearest frequency peer: Gyles (+2 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 “gulden”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gort
gort
11,606 corpus weight
- Gowda
Gowda
11,604 corpus weight
- grats
grats
11,603 corpus weight
- gulden
gulden
11,599 corpus weight
- Gyles
Gyles
11,597 corpus weight
- hames
hames
11,594 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gulden” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gulden |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,402 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gulden” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gulden is uncommon English at frequency #88,402 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An old currency of the Netherlands (and its former overseas territory the Netherlands Antilles or the Dutch East Indies).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gulden, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English, from Middle Dutch gulden (florijn) (“golden (florin)”). The correct English form is gulden, spelled G-U-L-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1An old currency of the Netherlands (and its former overseas territory the Netherlands Antilles or the Dutch East Indies).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gulden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The wheel spun and stopped at 13. I had lost! With a feeling like a sick qualm, as though I would like to make my way out of the crowd and go home, I staked another fifty gulden—this time on the red.
Etymology
From Middle English, from Middle Dutch gulden (florijn) (“golden (florin)”).
Synonyms
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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