Which to use
“glad” and “good” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,342
- “glad” frequency rank
- #78
- “good” frequency rank
- 1420
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glad | good |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pleased; happy; gratified. | Of a person or an animal: |
Where the eye mixes glad and good
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. glad (/ɡlæd/) and good (/ɡʊd/) 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 1420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
glad is recorded at frequency rank #1,342, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɡlæd/. good is at rank #78, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɡʊd/.
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 1420, this pair ranks #527,458 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of glad vs good
Shared letters: dg. Private to "glad": al. Private to "good": o.
"glad" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "good" · 4 letters · shape CVVC