Which to use
“good” and “goofy” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #78
- “good” frequency rank
- #13,523
- “goofy” frequency rank
- 13601
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | good | goofy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Of a person or an animal: | silly, quirky |
Where the eye mixes good and goofy
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. good (/ɡʊd/) and goofy (/ˈɡuːfi/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
good is recorded at frequency rank #78, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɡʊd/. goofy is at rank #13,523, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈɡuːfi/.
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 13601, this pair ranks #474,833 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of good vs goofy
Shared letters: go. Private to "good": d. Private to "goofy": fy.
"good" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "goofy" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV