godsvsGomesWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#47,920
“gods” frequency rank
#31,050
“Gomes” frequency rank
78970
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gods Gomes
Definition Pluriel de god. Nom de famille.

Letter map: gods vs Gomes

Shared letters muted; letters that set gods and Gomes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. gods runs 4 letters (CVCC) against Gomes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
gods
5 ch
Gomes

Role in the sentence - gods and Gomes

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gods is anoun and Gomesaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gods is recorded at frequency rank #47,920, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈɡɑdz\. 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 78970, this pair ranks #24,393 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of gods vs Gomes

Shared letters: gos. Private to "gods": d. Private to "Gomes": em.

"gods" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Gomes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gods ← gdos · ggods · godds · godss · gosd · ogds
  • Gomes ← ggomes · gmoes · goems · gomess · gomse · ogmes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gods" and "Gomes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gods" is a noun and "Gomes" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "gods" or "Gomes"?
"Gomes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,050 in our French list, against #47,920 for "gods". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "gods" vs "Gomes" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gods" 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 #24,393 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gods" and "Gomes" 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 #24,393 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