# gone

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɡɒn/ · frequency rank #693

## Definitions
1. past 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **got** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-got)
- **gun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-gun)
- **GOP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-gop)
- **goo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-goo)
- **GRE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-gre)
- **gow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-gow)
- **gor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-gor)
- **GYN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-gyn)
- **good** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-good)
- **guns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-guns)
- **gosh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-gosh)
- **gore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-gore)
- **gown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-gown)
- **gong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-gong)
- **Gunn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-gunn)
- **goth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-goth)
- **goon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-goon)
- **GOTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-goto)
- **gout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-gout)
- **goof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-goof)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ggone`, `gnoe`, `goen`, `gonne`, `ogne`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gone