Which to use
“goddam” is a noun and “goddamn” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,160
- “goddam” frequency rank
- #7,232
- “goddamn” frequency rank
- 49392
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | goddam | goddamn |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An English person, from the perspective of a French person or in the context of French history, originating during the Hundred Years' War. | An expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration. |
Letter map: goddam vs goddamn
Shared letters muted; letters that set goddam and goddamn apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. goddam runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against goddamn's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for goddam / goddamn
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: goddam is anoun and goddamnanintj. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “goddam” sits inside “goddamn”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
goddam is recorded at frequency rank #42,160, classified as anoun. goddamn is at rank #7,232, tagged as anintj, pronounced /ˌɡɒdˈdæm/.
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 49392, this pair ranks #184,066 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of goddam vs goddamn
Shared letters: adgmo. Private to "goddam": -. Private to "goddamn": n.
"goddam" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "goddamn" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "goddam" vs "goddamn" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "goddam" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "goddamn" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #184,066 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "goddam" and "goddamn" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "goddam vs gundam". 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 #184,066 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.