# goff vs goofy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### goofy
*adjective · IPA /ˈɡuːfi/ · frequency rank #13,523*
silly, quirky

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