Which to use
“goff” is a noun and “gone” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,066
- “goff” frequency rank
- #693
- “gone” frequency rank
- 30759
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | goff | gone |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obsolete form of golf (“ball game”). | past participle of go |
Letter map: goff vs gone
Shared letters muted; letters that set goff and gone apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for goff / gone
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: goff is anoun and goneaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30759, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
goff is recorded at frequency rank #30,066, classified as anoun. gone is at rank #693, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɡɒn/.
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 30759, this pair ranks #351,801 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of goff vs gone
Shared letters: go. Private to "goff": f. Private to "gone": en.
"goff" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "gone" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "goff" and "gone" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "goff" vs "gone" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "goff" and "gone".
- Full dictionary entry for "goff" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gone" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #351,801 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "goff" and "gone" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "goer vs goff". 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 #351,801 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.