Which to use
“gaze” and “gone” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,079
- “gaze” frequency rank
- #26,383
- “gone” frequency rank
- 53462
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gaze | gone |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Étoffe légère et transparente, faite de soie ou de fil d’or, ou d’argent. | Enfant, gosse. |
Where the eye mixes gaze and gone
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses gaze with gone
A purely visual mix-up. gaze (\ɡaz\) and gone (\ɡɔn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gaze is recorded at frequency rank #27,079, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡaz\. gone is at rank #26,383, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔn\.
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 53462, this pair ranks #140,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gaze vs gone
Shared letters: eg. Private to "gaze": az. Private to "gone": no.
"gaze" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "gone" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "gaze" and "gone" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "gaze" vs "gone" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "gaze" and "gone" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gaze" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gone" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #140,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gaze" and "gone" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gaze vs glue". 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 #140,568 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.