# goff vs gone

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### goff
*noun · frequency rank #30,066*
Obsolete form of golf (“ball game”).

### gone
*verb · IPA /ɡɒn/ · frequency rank #693*
past participle of go

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