Which to use
“gobe” and “golem” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,359
- “gobe” frequency rank
- #44,479
- “golem” frequency rank
- 91838
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gobe | golem |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante orthographique de gobbe. | Dans les légendes juives du Moyen Âge, figure d’argile auquel un rabbin donnait vie pour sauver la communauté des pogroms en inscrivant sur le front de ladite figure le mot אמת, emeth (« vérité ») et que l’on tuait en effaçant la première lettre du mot, formant ainsi le mot מת, meth (« mort »). |
Where the eye mixes gobe and golem
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. gobe runs 4 letters (CVCV) against golem's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between gobe and golem
A purely visual mix-up. gobe (\ɡɔb\) and golem (\ɡɔ.lɛm\) 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 91838, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gobe is recorded at frequency rank #47,359, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔb\. golem is at rank #44,479, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔ.lɛm\.
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 91838, this pair ranks #3,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gobe vs golem
Shared letters: ego. Private to "gobe": b. Private to "golem": lm.
"gobe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "golem" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "gobe" and "golem" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "gobe" vs "golem" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "gobe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "golem" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gobe" and "golem" 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 #3,487 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.