golemvsGomesWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#44,479
“golem” frequency rank
#31,050
“Gomes” frequency rank
75529
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature golem Gomes
Definition 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 »). Nom de famille.

Letter map: golem vs Gomes

Shared letters muted; letters that set golem and Gomes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. golem and Gomes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
golem
5 ch
Gomes

Role in the sentence - golem and Gomes

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: golem is anoun and Gomesaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

golem is recorded at frequency rank #44,479, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔ.lɛm\. 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 75529, this pair ranks #33,796 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of golem vs Gomes

Shared letters: egmo. Private to "golem": l. Private to "Gomes": s.

"golem" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Gomes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • golem ← ggolem · gloem · goelm · golemm · gollem · golme · oglem
  • Gomes ← ggomes · gmoes · goems · gomess · gomse · ogmes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "golem" and "Gomes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "golem" is a noun and "Gomes" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "golem" or "Gomes"?
"Gomes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,050 in our French list, against #44,479 for "golem". 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 "golem" and "Gomes".

  • Full dictionary entry for "golem" 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 #33,796 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "golem" and "Gomes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gobe vs golem". 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 #33,796 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