Goldin
The verdict
“Goldin” is uncommon French (frequency #84,841 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,841
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-goldin · Goldin · French
Goldin · rank #84,841 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,841
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gogole
Nearest frequency peer: gogole (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Goldin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gloses
gloses
15,163 corpus weight
- gneu
gneu
15,162 corpus weight
- gogole
gogole
15,161 corpus weight
- Goldin
Goldin
15,160 corpus weight
- gorgonzola
gorgonzola
15,159 corpus weight
- gouvernantes
gouvernantes
15,158 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Goldin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Goldin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,841 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Goldin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Goldin is uncommon French at frequency #84,841 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Goldin in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Goldin, spelled G-O-L-D-I-N.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Goldin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle compte des œuvres majeures de l’art contemporain que l’on doit à de prestigieux artistes tels que Arman, Yves Klein, Niki de Saint Phalle, Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Nan Goldin, Annette Messager, César, etc.
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.
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