Which to use
“good” and “gro” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #78
- “good” frequency rank
- #42,164
- “gro” frequency rank
- 42242
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | good | gro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Of a person or an animal: | Disgusting, unpleasant; gross. |
Where the eye mixes good and gro
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: good vs gro
A purely visual mix-up. good (/ɡʊd/) and gro (/ˈɡrəʊ/) 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 42242, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
good is recorded at frequency rank #78, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɡʊd/. gro is at rank #42,164, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈɡrəʊ/.
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 42242, this pair ranks #251,014 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of good vs gro
Shared letters: go. Private to "good": d. Private to "gro": r.
"good" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "gro" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- good ← ggood · godo · goodd · ogod
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "good" for "gro" ever safe?
Which is more common, "good" or "gro"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "good" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #251,014 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "good" and "gro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gere vs gro". 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 #251,014 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.