Which to use
“good” is an adjective and “Götz” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,798
- “good” frequency rank
- #11,060
- “Götz” frequency rank
- 15858
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | good | Götz |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | gut | deutscher Nachname, Familienname |
Where the eye mixes good and Götz
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Look-alike desk: good vs Götz
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: good is [ɡʊd] while Götz is [ɡœt͡s]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15858, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
good is recorded at frequency rank #4,798, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡʊd]. Götz is at rank #11,060, tagged as aname, pronounced [ɡœt͡s].
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 15858, this pair ranks #1,940,590 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of good vs Götz
Shared letters: g. Private to "good": do. Private to "Götz": tzö.
"good" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Götz" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- good ← ggood · godo · goodd · ogod
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "good" and "Götz" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "good" or "Götz"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "good" and "Götz" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "good" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Götz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,940,590 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "good" and "Götz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Goch vs Götz". 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 #1,940,590 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.