goma

\ɡɔ.ma\

/\ɡɔ.ma\/ noun

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The verdict

“goma” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,415. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,415
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de clôture formées d’un enchevêtrement de branches.

Corpus desk

Index FR-goma · goma · French

goma · rank #36,415 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,415
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gilmore

Nearest frequency peer: Gilmore (-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 « goma »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « goma » 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).

goma vs got
50% similar
goma vs gym
50% similar
goma vs gum
50% similar

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

Key facts for goma
PropertyValue
Headwordgoma
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɔ.ma\
Letters4
Frequency rank#36,415
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « goma »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.gomase place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Gilmore » (#36,414), « Gorbatchev » (#36,416), « Gantoise » (#36,413). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « goma » est au #36,415. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around goma (IPA \ɡɔ.ma\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,415 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sorte de clôture formées d’un enchevêtrement de branches.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for goma, with forms such as "ggoma", "gmoa", and "goam". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "got", "gym", "gum", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is goma, spelled G-O-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de clôture formées d’un enchevêtrement de branches.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il ne dédaigne pas non plus la viande de boeuf, et c’est pourquoi, la nuit, les bergers parquent leur troupeaux derrière des clôtures faites de branches épineuses qu’ils vont chercher dans la brousse. Ces clôtures, appelées goma, ne sont pas toujours efficaces, car le lion est un excellent sauteur et est capable de bondir par-dessus la barrière ou de se g…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggoma
  • gmoa
  • goam
  • gomma
  • ogma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ggoma1gmoa2goam2gomma1ogma2
Edit distance from "goma"

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 "goma"?
"goma" is spelled G-O-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɔ.ma\.
What does "goma" mean?
As a noun, "goma" means: Sorte de clôture formées d’un enchevêtrement de branches.
What words are commonly confused with "goma"?
"goma" is commonly confused with "got", "gym", "gum". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "goma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "goma" is \ɡɔ.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "goma" come from?
"goma" 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 "goma", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hana#36,427Ilya#36,434Juno#36,456luth#36,476

Similar misspelling depth

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

Essec5 variantskippa5 variantsletton5 variantslotte5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list