Goebbels

\gø.bœls\

/\gø.bœls\/ name

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The verdict

“Goebbels” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,969. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,969
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille, surtout connu pour Joseph Goebbels.

Corpus desk

Index FR-goebbels · Goebbels · French

Goebbels · rank #35,969 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,969
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gobain

Nearest frequency peer: gobain (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Goebbels »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Goebbels » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Goebbels
PropertyValue
HeadwordGoebbels
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\gø.bœls\
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,969
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Goebbels »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Goebbelsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gobain » (#35,968), « Gomis » (#35,970), « GmbH » (#35,967). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Goebbels » est au #35,969. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Goebbels (IPA \gø.bœls\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,969 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille, surtout connu pour Joseph Goebbels.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Goebbels, with forms such as "geobbels", "ggoebbels", and "gobebels". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Goebbels, spelled G-O-E-B-B-E-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille, surtout connu pour Joseph Goebbels.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Goebbels appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Toute l’œuvre du nouveau gouvernement, en 1933, se résume donc à ces mots de Joseph Goebbels : « effacer 1789 de l’histoire ».

This word in other languages

Goebbels(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • geobbels
  • ggoebbels
  • gobebels
  • goebbells
  • goebbelss
  • goebbesl
  • goebbles
  • goebebls
  • goebels
  • ogebbels

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Goebbels - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

geobbels2ggoebbels1gobebels2goebbells1goebbelss1goebbesl2goebbles2goebebls2
Edit distance from "Goebbels"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Goebbels"?
"Goebbels" is spelled G-O-E-B-B-E-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is \gø.bœls\.
What does "Goebbels" mean?
As a proper noun, "Goebbels" means: Nom de famille, surtout connu pour Joseph Goebbels.
What are common misspellings of "Goebbels"?
Common misspellings include "geobbels", "ggoebbels", "gobebels", "goebbells", "goebbelss". The correct spelling is "Goebbels".
How do you pronounce "Goebbels"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Goebbels" is \gø.bœls\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Goebbels" come from?
"Goebbels" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Goebbels", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list