goe
"goe" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“goe” is uncommon English (frequency #62,927 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,927
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Archaic spelling of go.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | goe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #62,927 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “goe” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
goe is uncommon English at frequency #62,927 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Archaic spelling of go.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for goe, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is goe, spelled G-O-E.
Definition
- 1Archaic spelling of go.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “goe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-O-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.