gone
/ɡɒn/
"gone" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gone” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #693. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #693
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - past participle of go
Corpus desk
Index EN-gone · gone · English
gone · rank #693 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #693
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,276
- PHOTO-FINISH gold
Nearest frequency peer: gold (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gone”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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finally
99,311 corpus weight
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girls
99,310 corpus weight
- gold
gold
99,309 corpus weight
- gone
gone
99,308 corpus weight
- guess
guess
99,307 corpus weight
- interest
interest
99,306 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gone” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɡɒn/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #693 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gone” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around gone (IPA /ɡɒn/), averb. Corpus frequency is #693 among 18,276 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "past participle of go".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for gone, with forms such as "ggone", "gnoe", and "goen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "got", "gun", "GOP", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English gon, igon, gan, ȝegan, from Old English gān, ġegān, from Proto-Germanic *gānaz (“gone”), past participle of *gāną (“to go”). Cognate with West Germanic Scots gane (“gone”), West Frisian gien (“gone”), Low German gahn (“gone”), and Dutch … The correct English form is gone, spelled G-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1past participle of go
Etymology
From Middle English gon, igon, gan, ȝegan, from Old English gān, ġegān, from Proto-Germanic *gānaz (“gone”), past participle of *gāną (“to go”). Cognate with West Germanic Scots gane (“gone”), West Frisian gien (“gone”), Low German gahn (“gone”), and Dutch gegaan (“gone”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggone
- gnoe
- goen
- gonne
- ogne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gone - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gone", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
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.