genoma

noun

The verdict

“genoma” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #21,760. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,760
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,241
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - toda a informação hereditária de um organismo que está codificada em seu DNA (ou, em alguns vírus, no RNA)

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

genoma vs goma
67% similar
genoma vs gnomo
67% similar
genoma vs gema
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for genoma
PropertyValue
Headwordgenoma
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#21,760
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “genoma” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). genoma lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around genoma, anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,760 among 1,241 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "toda a informação hereditária de um organismo que está codificada em seu DNA (ou, em alguns vírus, no RNA)".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for genoma, with forms such as "egnoma", "genmoa", and "gennoma". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "goma", "gnomo", "gema", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is genoma, spelled G-E-N-O-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    toda a informação hereditária de um organismo que está codificada em seu DNA (ou, em alguns vírus, no RNA)

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnoma
  • genmoa
  • gennoma
  • genoam
  • genomma
  • geonma
  • ggenoma
  • gneoma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of genoma - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

egnoma2genmoa2gennoma1genoam2genomma1geonma2ggenoma1gneoma2
Edit distance from "genoma"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "genoma"?
"genoma" is spelled G-E-N-O-M-A.
What does "genoma" mean?
As a noun, "genoma" means: toda a informação hereditária de um organismo que está codificada em seu DNA (ou, em alguns vírus, no RNA)
What words are commonly confused with "genoma"?
"genoma" is commonly confused with "goma", "gnomo", "gema". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "genoma" come from?
"genoma" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “genoma”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-E-N-O-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “goma” - see the side-by-side comparison. genoma vs goma
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Same frequency band

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list