Goliath
\ɡɔ.ljat\
The verdict
“Goliath” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,049. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,049
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Géant biblique, tué par David.
Corpus desk
Index FR-goliath · Goliath · French
Goliath · rank #31,049 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,049
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH glory
Nearest frequency peer: glory (-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 « Goliath »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- garnie
garnie
68,955 corpus weight
- glory
glory
68,953 corpus weight
- Goliath
Goliath
68,952 corpus weight
- Gomes
Gomes
68,951 corpus weight
- gram
gram
68,950 corpus weight
- grimpeur
grimpeur
68,949 corpus weight
What this shows « Goliath » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Goliath |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡɔ.ljat\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #31,049 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Goliath »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Goliath (IPA \ɡɔ.ljat\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #31,049 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Géant biblique, tué par David.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Goliath, with forms such as "ggoliath", "gloiath", and "goilath". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Goliath, spelled G-O-L-I-A-T-H.
Definition
- 1Géant biblique, tué par David.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Goliath appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jamais je n’admirai rien de si héroïque, et David, quand il eut tué Goliath, ne dut pas avoir l’air plus enivré de triomphe.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggoliath
- gloiath
- goilath
- golaith
- goliaht
- goliathh
- goliatth
- golitah
- golliath
- ogliath
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Goliath - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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