Goethe

\ɡøt\

/\ɡøt\/ name

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The verdict

“Goethe” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,224. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,224
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille, essentiellement connu par l’homme de lettres allemand Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).

Corpus desk

Index FR-goethe · Goethe · French

Goethe · rank #23,224 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,224
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH goal

Nearest frequency peer: goal (-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 « Goethe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Goethe » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Goethe vs goûte
50% similar
Goethe vs Goths
67% similar
Goethe vs gotha
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Goethe
PropertyValue
HeadwordGoethe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɡøt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,224
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Goethe »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « goal » (#23,223), « goudron » (#23,225), « germaniques » (#23,222). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Goethe » est au #23,224. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Goethe (IPA \ɡøt\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,224 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille, essentiellement connu par l’homme de lettres allemand Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Goethe, with forms such as "geothe", "ggoethe", and "goehte". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "goûte", "Goths", "gotha", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Goethe, spelled G-O-E-T-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille, essentiellement connu par l’homme de lettres allemand Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mais cette sonate née d’un songe luciférien, qui serait immortalisé par Goethe, avait le génie de certaines forces du mal.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • geothe
  • ggoethe
  • goehte
  • goeteh
  • goethhe
  • goetthe
  • gotehe
  • ogethe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Goethe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

geothe2ggoethe1goehte2goeteh2goethhe1goetthe1gotehe2ogethe2
Edit distance from "Goethe"

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 "Goethe"?
"Goethe" is spelled G-O-E-T-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡøt\.
What does "Goethe" mean?
As a proper noun, "Goethe" means: Nom de famille, essentiellement connu par l’homme de lettres allemand Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).
What words are commonly confused with "Goethe"?
"Goethe" is commonly confused with "goûte", "Goths", "gotha". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Goethe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Goethe" is \ɡøt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Goethe" come from?
"Goethe" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list