Which to use
“go” and “gods” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,718
- “go” frequency rank
- #47,920
- “gods” frequency rank
- 50638
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | go | gods |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jeu de stratégie d’origine chinoise et qui se joue à deux joueurs. | Pluriel de god. |
Where the eye mixes go and gods
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. go runs 2 letters (CV) against gods's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between go and gods
A purely visual mix-up. go (\ɡo\) and gods (\ˈɡɑdz\) 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 “gods”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50638, 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\. gods is at rank #47,920, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈɡɑdz\.
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 50638, this pair ranks #161,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of go vs gods
Shared letters: go. Private to "go": -. Private to "gods": ds.
"go" · 2 letters · shape CV · "gods" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gods ← gdos · ggods · godds · godss · gosd · ogds
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "go" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gods" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #161,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "go" and "gods" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gobe vs gods". 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 #161,085 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.