ye gods
"ye-gods" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ye gods” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used to express surprise or incredulity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ye-gods · ye gods · English
ye gods · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Y" 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 | ye gods |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ye gods” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ye gods is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Used to express surprise or incredulity.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ye gods, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Seventeenth-century British variant of oh my God, probably intended to avoid blasphemy. Compare Danish I guder. The correct English form is ye gods, spelled Y-E- -G-O-D-S.
Definition
- 1Used to express surprise or incredulity.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ye gods appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ye Gods, what Havock does Ambition make Among your Works!
Would he not far rather lay him down lengthwise along the line of the equator; yea, ye gods! go down to the fiery pit itself, in order to keep out this frost?
Etymology
Seventeenth-century British variant of oh my God, probably intended to avoid blasphemy. Compare Danish I guder.
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.