gotha

/\ɡɔ.ta\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,350

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

gotha is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ellipse de almanach de Gotha, bottin qui fut, entre 1763 et 1944, le guide de référence de la haute noblesse et des familles royales européennes. Pronounced \ɡɔ.ta\. Often confused with goya and Goths.

Key facts for gotha
PropertyValue
Headwordgotha
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɔ.ta\
Letters5
Frequency rank#37,350
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gotha in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gotha is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡɔ.ta\. Corpus data places it at rank #37,350 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for gotha, with forms such as "ggotha", "gohta", and "gotah". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "goya", "Goths", "Gotham", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is gotha, spelled G-O-T-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ellipse de almanach de Gotha, bottin qui fut, entre 1763 et 1944, le guide de référence de la haute noblesse et des familles royales européennes.
  2. 2
    Haute noblesse européenne.
  3. 3
    Élite fortunée.
  4. 4
    Élite intellectuelle, scientifique, politique, culturelle...
  5. 5
    Personnes plus ou moins en vue, qui courent les lieux et les événements à la mode.
  6. 6
    Avion utilisé par les Allemands pendant la Première Guerre mondiale.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggotha,gohta,gotah,gothha,gottha,gtoha,ogtha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gotha

Misspelling Variants of "gotha"

ggotha6gohta5gotah5gothha6gottha6gtoha5ogtha5
Misspelling Variants of "gotha"

Frequency rank: #37,350 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gotha"?
"gotha" is spelled G-O-T-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɔ.ta\.
What does "gotha" mean?
As a noun, "gotha" means: Ellipse de almanach de Gotha, bottin qui fut, entre 1763 et 1944, le guide de référence de la haute noblesse et des familles royales européennes.
What words are commonly confused with "gotha"?
"gotha" is commonly confused with "goya", "Goths", "Gotham". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gotha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gotha" is \ɡɔ.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gotha" come from?
"gotha" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.