godevsGomesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: gode is a noun, Gomes is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gode” is a noun and “Gomes” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,024
“gode” frequency rank
#31,050
“Gomes” frequency rank
57074
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gode Gomes
Definition Godemichet. Nom de famille.

Letter map: gode vs Gomes

Shared letters muted; letters that set gode and Gomes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
gode
5 ch
Gomes

Part-of-speech tell for gode / Gomes

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gode is anoun and Gomesaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gode is recorded at frequency rank #26,024, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔd\. Gomes is at rank #31,050, tagged as aname.

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 57074, this pair ranks #117,190 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gode vs Gomes

Shared letters: ego. Private to "gode": d. Private to "Gomes": ms.

"gode" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Gomes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • godegdoe · ggode · godde · goed · ogde
  • Gomesggomes · gmoes · goems · gomess · gomse · ogmes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "gode" for "Gomes" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gode" is a noun and "Gomes" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "gode" or "Gomes"?
"gode" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,024 in our French list, against #31,050 for "Gomes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "gode" and "Gomes".

  • Full dictionary entry for "gode" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Gomes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #117,190 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gode" and "Gomes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gods vs Gomes". 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 #117,190 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list