godvsgoodConfusable pair

Which to use

“god” and “good” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,103
“god” frequency rank
#7,565
“good” frequency rank
22668
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature god good
Definition Bueno Bueno, buen.

Where the eye mixes god and good

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

3 ch
god
4 ch
good

Visual trap between god and good

A purely visual mix-up. god ([ɡoːˀ]) and good (/ɡʊd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22668, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

god is recorded at frequency rank #15,103, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡoːˀ]. good is at rank #7,565, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɡʊd/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 22668, this pair ranks #249,277 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of god vs good

Shared letters: dgo. Private to "god": -. Private to "good": -.

"god" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "good" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • goodggood · godo · goodd · ogod

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "god" and "good" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ɡoːˀ] versus /ɡʊd/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "god" vs "good" - which ranks higher?
"good" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,565 in our Spanish list, against #15,103 for "god". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "god" and "good" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "god" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "good" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #249,277 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "god" and "good" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "god vs Goyo". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #249,277 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list