good to go
/ˌɡʉd.təˈɢo/
"good-to-go" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“good to go” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ready for use or normal operation, especially after repair or renewal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-good-to-go · good to go · English
good to go · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | good to go |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌɡʉd.təˈɢo/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “good to go” in English
Rare enough to double-check
good to go is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌɡʉd.təˈɢo/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
good to go has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is good to go, spelled G-O-O-D- -T-O- -G-O.
Definition
- 1Ready for use or normal operation, especially after repair or renewal.
- 2Ready for some specific task or ready for normal activity, especially after preparation or recovery.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how good to go appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I replaced the broken spring and now the toaster is good to go.
On paper, the Japanese had come out on top of the engagement; granted, Hiei had taken a worrying level of damage, but Kirishima was still intact, the light cruiser Nagara and four destroyers were likewise good to go, and four more were damaged but operational. Apart from Hiei, only three destroyers were missing from the roll call.
This word in other languages
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.