# gone vs goon

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### goon
*noun · IPA /ˈɡuːn/ · frequency rank #25,074*
A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-goon