golpe

/[ˈgolpe]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,316

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

golpe is aSpanishnoun. It means: Impacto o contacto con un cierto grado de fuerza. Pronounced [ˈgolpe]. It ranks #1,316 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with gone and gripe.

Key facts for golpe
PropertyValue
Headwordgolpe
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgolpe]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,316
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of golpe in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for golpe is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgolpe]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,316 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for golpe, with forms such as "ggolpe", "glope", and "golep". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "gone", "gripe", "golpes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is golpe, spelled G-O-L-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Impacto o contacto con un cierto grado de fuerza.
  2. 2
    Choque violento de dos cuerpos.
  3. 3
    Movimiento brusco.
  4. 4
    Contariedad o infortunio repentino.
  5. 5
    Frase ocurrente y graciosa durante una charla.
  6. 6
    Gran número de algo.
  7. 7
    Sorpresa causada por algo inesperado.
  8. 8
    En algunos deportes, especialmente el golf, desplazamiento que hace el jugador de la pelota.
  9. 9
    Latido del corazón.
  10. 10
    Robo o atraco.
  11. 11
    Mujer que accede con facilidad a citas amorosas.
  12. 12
    Oscilación irregular, de la estructura de un avión, causadas por corrientes de aire turbulentas o condiciones de compresión.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggolpe,glope,golep,gollpe,golppe,gople,oglpe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for golpe

Misspelling Variants of "golpe"

ggolpe6glope5golep5gollpe6golppe6gople5oglpe5
Misspelling Variants of "golpe"

Frequency rank: #1,316 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "golpe"?
"golpe" is spelled G-O-L-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgolpe].
What does "golpe" mean?
As a noun, "golpe" means: Impacto o contacto con un cierto grado de fuerza.
What words are commonly confused with "golpe"?
"golpe" is commonly confused with "gone", "gripe", "golpes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "golpe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "golpe" is [ˈgolpe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "golpe" come from?
"golpe" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.