# gone vs gow

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### gow
*noun · IPA /ɡaʊ/ · frequency rank #42,161*
Opium.

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