river god
/ˈɹɪvə ˌɡɒd/
"river-god" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“river god” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The tutelary deity of a river.
Corpus desk
Index EN-river-god · river god · English
river god · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | river god |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɪvə ˌɡɒd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “river god” in English
Rare enough to double-check
river god is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɹɪvə ˌɡɒd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The tutelary deity of a river.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for river god, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is river god, spelled R-I-V-E-R- -G-O-D.
Definition
- 1The tutelary deity of a river.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how river god appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was as if she had been wooed by a river-god, who might any time take her to his wondrous halls below a watery heaven.
Although human sacrifice was discontinued in ancient times, the idea continues that the river god claims as his own any man who falls into the stream.
Synonyms
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.