# goes vs guess

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### goes
*verb · IPA /ɡəʊz/ · frequency rank #606*
third-person singular simple present indicative of go

### guess
*verb · IPA /ɡɛs/ · frequency rank #694*
To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goes-vs-guess