Which to use
“go” and “gré” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,718
- “go” frequency rank
- #5,767
- “gré” frequency rank
- 8485
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | go | gré |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jeu de stratégie d’origine chinoise et qui se joue à deux joueurs. | Volonté, caprice, fantaisie. |
Where the eye mixes go and gré
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Visual trap between go and gré
A purely visual mix-up. go (\ɡo\) and gré (\ɡʁe\) 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 8485, 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\. gré is at rank #5,767, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁe\.
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 8485, this pair ranks #419,866 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of go vs gré
Shared letters: g. Private to "go": o. Private to "gré": ré.
"go" · 2 letters · shape CV · "gré" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "go" and "gré" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "go" or "gré" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "go" and "gré" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "go" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #419,866 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "go" and "gré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "glue vs gré". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #419,866 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.