she-goat
/ˈʃiː.ɡəʊt/
"she-goat" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“she-goat” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female goat.
Corpus desk
Index EN-she-goat · she-goat · English
she-goat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | she-goat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃiː.ɡəʊt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “she-goat” in English
Rare enough to double-check
she-goat is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʃiː.ɡəʊt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female goat.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for she-goat, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English sche-geyt; equivalent to she- + goat. The correct English form is she-goat, spelled S-H-E---G-O-A-T.
Definition
- 1A female goat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how she-goat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
At the town of Mendes, in the principal temple, there was a living male goat, with which, if the statement of Herodotus is to be accepted, naked female worshippers actually had carnal intercourse. Male worshippers similarly had connexion with she-goats.
Etymology
From Middle English sche-geyt; equivalent to she- + goat.
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.