godevsgooTell them apart

Which to use

“gode” and “goo” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,024
“gode” frequency rank
#46,194
“goo” frequency rank
72218
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gode goo
Definition Godemichet. Substance liquide ou semi-liquide ; en particulier, liquide plus ou moins visqueux, poisseux ou glissant, ou bien fluide corporel. Jaja.

Where the eye mixes gode and goo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
gode
3 ch
goo

Visual trap between gode and goo

A purely visual mix-up. gode (\ɡɔd\) and goo (\ɡuː\) 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 72218, 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\. goo is at rank #46,194, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡuː\.

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 72218, this pair ranks #44,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of gode vs goo

Shared letters: go. Private to "gode": de. Private to "goo": -.

"gode" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "goo" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • godegdoe · ggode · godde · goed · ogde

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gode" and "goo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɡɔd\ versus \ɡuː\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "gode" or "goo" show up more?
"gode" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,024 in our French list, against #46,194 for "goo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "gode" and "goo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gode" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "goo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gode" and "goo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "goo vs gx". 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 #44,776 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