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“Gold” and “Gone” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,083
- “Gold” frequency rank
- #28,230
- “Gone” frequency rank
- 29313
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Gold | Gone |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | gelbes, glänzendes, leicht verformbares Metall; das chemische Element mit der Ordnungszahl 79 | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gon |
Where the eye mixes Gold and Gone
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Gold vs Gone
A purely visual mix-up. Gold ([ɡɔlt]) and Gone ([ˈɡoːnə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Gold is recorded at frequency rank #1,083, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡɔlt]. Gone is at rank #28,230, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈɡoːnə].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 29313, this pair ranks #1,769,140 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Gold vs Gone
Shared letters: go. Private to "Gold": dl. Private to "Gone": en.
"Gold" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Gone" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Gold" and "Gone" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Gold" or "Gone" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Gold" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Gone" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,769,140 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Gold" and "Gone" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Goch vs Gone". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,769,140 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.