Which to use
“gonds” and “gong” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,825
- “gonds” frequency rank
- #25,337
- “gong” frequency rank
- 64162
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gonds | gong |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de gond. | Percussion d’Extrême-Orient, composée d’un disque de métal dont on tire des sons retentissants en le frappant avec une baguette garnie de peau. |
Where the eye mixes gonds and gong
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. gonds runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against gong's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: gonds vs gong
A purely visual mix-up. gonds (\ɡɔ̃\) and gong (\ɡɔ̃ɡ\) 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 64162, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gonds is recorded at frequency rank #38,825, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔ̃\. gong is at rank #25,337, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔ̃ɡ\.
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 64162, this pair ranks #78,393 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gonds vs gong
Shared letters: gno. Private to "gonds": ds. Private to "gong": -.
"gonds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "gong" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gonds" for "gong" ever safe?
Frequency check: "gonds" vs "gong" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "gonds" and "gong" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gonds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gong" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #78,393 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gonds" and "gong" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gods vs gonds". 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 #78,393 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.