goode

adj

"goode" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“goode” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,067. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,067
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete spelling of good.

Corpus desk

Index EN-goode · goode · English

goode · rank #30,067 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,067
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH goff

Nearest frequency peer: goff (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “goode”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “goode” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

goode vs gore
60% similar
goode vs goon
60% similar
goode vs goof
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for goode
PropertyValue
Headwordgoode
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#30,067
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “goode”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).goodelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “goff” (#30,066), “gleam” (#30,065), “goss” (#30,069). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “goode” is #30,067. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around goode, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,067 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Obsolete spelling of good.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for goode, with forms such as "ggoode", "gode", and "godoe". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gore", "goon", "goof", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is goode, spelled G-O-O-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of good.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Hee communeth moche wythe mee as to ye difficoltye of fyndinge priestes to do the mynistrie , and forasmoche as I came into theese parttes onlie ye whiles my verye goode friende Father Cornelius colde arrange matters wyth hys superiors beyonde seas, I am nothing lothes to betake me, at hys returne, to do ye beheste of Maister Tregiaun, who willeth that I…
  2. And this succour, such as it was , was so longe sewid for, and delayed er it cowde be obteynidde, that all occasions to do eny goode yn that mater wer well nere loste therby.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggoode
  • gode
  • godoe
  • goodde
  • gooed
  • ogode

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of goode - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ggoode1gode1godoe2goodde1gooed2ogode2
Edit distance from "goode"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "goode"?
"goode" is spelled G-O-O-D-E.
What does "goode" mean?
As an adjective, "goode" means: Obsolete spelling of good.
What words are commonly confused with "goode"?
"goode" is commonly confused with "gore", "goon", "goof". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "goode" come from?
"goode" 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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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "goode", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list