GonevsgoreWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“Gone” and “gore” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,230
“Gone” frequency rank
#23,963
“gore” frequency rank
52193
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Gone gore
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gon das Blut

Where the eye mixes Gone and gore

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Gone
4 ch
gore

Visual trap between Gone and gore

A purely visual mix-up. Gone ([ˈɡoːnə]) and gore ([ɡɔːr]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - n in “Gone” becomes r in “gore”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52193, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Gone is recorded at frequency rank #28,230, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈɡoːnə]. gore is at rank #23,963, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɡɔːr].

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 52193, this pair ranks #1,106,435 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Gone vs gore

Shared letters: ego. Private to "Gone": n. Private to "gore": r.

"Gone" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "gore" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Goneggone · gnoe · goen · gonne · ogne
  • goreggore · goer · gorre · groe · ogre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Gone" for "gore" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈɡoːnə] versus [ɡɔːr]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Gone" vs "gore" - which ranks higher?
"gore" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,963 in our German list, against #28,230 for "Gone". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Gone" and "gore" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Gone" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,106,435 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Gone" and "gore" 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 #1,106,435 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list