Goa
/ˈɡoʊə/
"goa" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Goa” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #17,148) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #17,148
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A state in western India. Capital: Panaji.
Corpus desk
Index EN-goa · Goa · English
Goa · rank #17,148 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,148
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH fused
Nearest frequency peer: fused (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “Goa”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- FN
FN
82,856 corpus weight
- freeing
freeing
82,855 corpus weight
- fused
fused
82,854 corpus weight
- Goa
Goa
82,853 corpus weight
- gorge
gorge
82,852 corpus weight
- greenwood
greenwood
82,851 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “Goa” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Goa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡoʊə/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #17,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “Goa”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Goa is neighbouring look-alikes ("GP", "GS", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced /ˈɡoʊə/. Frequency #17,148 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Gloss: "A state in western India. Capital: Panaji.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Goa in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "GP", "GS", "GR", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Portuguese Goa, from Konkani गोंय (goiya), from Sanskrit गोमन्त (gomanta). The correct English form is Goa, spelled G-O-A.
Definition
- 1A state in western India. Capital: Panaji.
Etymology
From Portuguese Goa, from Konkani गोंय (goiya), from Sanskrit गोमन्त (gomanta).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).