Which to use
“god” is a noun and “good” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,904
- “god” frequency rank
- #4,562
- “good” frequency rank
- 13466
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | god | good |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | divindade, deus | bom |
Letter map: god vs good
Shared letters muted; letters that set god and good apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for god / good
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: god is anoun and goodanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13466, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
god is recorded at frequency rank #8,904, classified as anoun. good is at rank #4,562, tagged as anadj, pronounced /gʊd/.
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 13466, this pair ranks #58,861 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of god vs good
Shared letters: dgo. Private to "god": -. Private to "good": -.
"god" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "good" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- good ← ggood · godo · goodd · ogod
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "god" and "good" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "god" vs "good" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "god" and "good". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "god" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "good" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,861 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "god" and "good" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "god vs GQ". 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 #58,861 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.