goesvsGomisWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: goes is a verb, Gomis is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“goes” is a verb and “Gomis” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,107
“goes” frequency rank
#35,970
“Gomis” frequency rank
70077
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature goes Gomis
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du présent indicatif de go. Nom de famille.

Where the eye mixes goes and Gomis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
goes
5 ch
Gomis

Visual trap between goes and Gomis

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: goes is \ˈɡoʊz\ while Gomis is \ˈɡɔmis\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70077, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

goes is recorded at frequency rank #34,107, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈɡoʊz\. Gomis is at rank #35,970, tagged as aname, pronounced \ˈɡɔmis\.

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 70077, this pair ranks #52,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of goes vs Gomis

Shared letters: gos. Private to "goes": e. Private to "Gomis": im.

"goes" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Gomis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • goesgeos · ggoes · goess · oges
  • Gomisggomis · gmois · goims · gomiss · gommis · gomsi · ogmis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "goes" and "Gomis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "goes" is a verb and "Gomis" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "goes" vs "Gomis" - which ranks higher?
"goes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,107 in our French list, against #35,970 for "Gomis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "goes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Gomis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "goes" and "Gomis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gods vs Gomis". 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 #52,736 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