Which to use
“goff” is a noun and “good” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,066
- “goff” frequency rank
- #78
- “good” frequency rank
- 30144
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | goff | good |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obsolete form of golf (“ball game”). | Of a person or an animal: |
Letter map: goff vs good
Shared letters muted; letters that set goff and good apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: goff vs good
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: goff is anoun and goodanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30144, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
goff is recorded at frequency rank #30,066, classified as anoun. 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 30144, this pair ranks #357,005 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of goff vs good
Shared letters: go. Private to "goff": f. Private to "good": d.
"goff" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "good" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "goff" and "good" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "goff" or "good" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "goff" vs "good" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "goff" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "good" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #357,005 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "goff" and "good" 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 #357,005 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.