globo
/ˈɡlo.bu/
The verdict
“globo” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #959 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #959
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - corpo em formato de esfera
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 | globo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡlo.bu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #959 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “globo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for globo is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡlo.bu/. Corpus data places it at rank #959 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for globo, with forms such as "gglobo", "glboo", and "gllobo". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "glory", "gnomo", "globe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is globo, spelled G-L-O-B-O.
Definition
- 1corpo em formato de esfera
- 2o planeta por nós habitado
- 3representação esférica do sistema planetário
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: gglobo,glboo,gllobo,globbo,gloob,golbo,lgobo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of globo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “globo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-L-O-B-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡlo.bu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “glory” - see the side-by-side comparison. globo vs glory
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.