# gil vs go

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### gil
*noun · IPA [ɟil] · frequency rank #23,158*
Gimpel, Dompfaff (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

### go
*verb · IPA [ɡəʊ] · frequency rank #3,193*
gehen, sich fortbewegen: gehen, fahren, fliegen…

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/gil-vs-go