go up

verb

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"go-up" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“go up” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To move upwards.

Corpus desk

Index EN-go-up · go up · English

go up · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for go up
PropertyValue
Headwordgo up
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “go up” in English

go upsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

go up is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.

go up doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is go up, spelled G-O- -U-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    To move upwards.
  2. 2
    To be built or erected.
  3. 3
    To rise or increase in price, cost, or value.
  4. 4
    To be consumed by fire.
  5. 5
    To forget lines or blocks during public performance.
  6. 6
    To attend university.
  7. 7
    To be imprisoned.
  8. 8
    To appeal for a dismissal.
  9. 9
    To go bankrupt; to be ruined.
  10. 10
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, up.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how go up appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. There are new offices going up in town.
  2. Bananas have gone up because of a shortage.

This word in other languages

subir(Español)monter(Français)hinaufgehen(Deutsch)subir(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "go up"?
"go up" is spelled G-O- -U-P.
What does "go up" mean?
As a verb, "go up" means: To move upwards.
What language does "go up" come from?
"go up" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list