# gafe

> Portuguese word · Noun · frequency rank #36,467

## Definitions
1. ação ou palavra impensada que involuntariamente causa constrangimento ao autor e/ou às pessoas a ele próximas

## Easily confused with
- **gay** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-gay)
- **gás** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-gas)
- **gato** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-gato)
- **gama** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-gama)
- **gajo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-gajo)
- **galo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-galo)
- **gene** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-gene)
- **gaga** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-gaga)
- **give** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-give)
- **gole** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-gole)
- **gate** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-gate)
- **gari** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-gari)
- **gage** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-gage)
- **gaze** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-gaze)
- **gain** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-gain)
- **grave** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-grave)
- **grade** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-grade)
- **grace** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-grace)
- **golfe** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-golfe)
- **garfo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/gafe-vs-garfo)

## Common misspellings (5)
`agfe`, `gaef`, `gaffe`, `gfae`, `ggafe`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/gafe