Which to use
“go” and “gobe” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,718
- “go” frequency rank
- #47,359
- “gobe” frequency rank
- 50077
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | go | gobe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jeu de stratégie d’origine chinoise et qui se joue à deux joueurs. | Variante orthographique de gobbe. |
Where the eye mixes go and gobe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: go vs gobe
A purely visual mix-up. go (\ɡo\) and gobe (\ɡɔb\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “go” sits inside “gobe”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50077, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
go is recorded at frequency rank #2,718, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡo\. gobe is at rank #47,359, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔb\.
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 50077, this pair ranks #165,501 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of go vs gobe
Shared letters: go. Private to "go": -. Private to "gobe": be.
"go" · 2 letters · shape CV · "gobe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- gobe ← gboe · ggobe · gobbe · goeb · ogbe
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "go" for "gobe" ever safe?
Frequency check: "go" vs "gobe" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "go" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gobe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #165,501 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "go" and "gobe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "glue vs gobe". 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 #165,501 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.