go

Name: go, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/xo/

//xo// intj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“go” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,095) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#2,095
frequency rank, Portuguese: 521
“G” headwords: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - xô, voz para deter animais de carga

Corpus desk

Index PT-go · go · Portuguese

go · rank #2,095 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #2,095
LEN-SHORT 2 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 521
PHOTO-FINISH grave

Nearest frequency peer: grave (+1 rank slots)

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.

ferro

97,908
go

97,906
grave

97,905
honra

97,904
humanidade

97,903
indivíduos

97,902

What this shows As barras situam “go” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

go vs GQ

0% similar

go vs gol

67% similar

go vs guy

33% similar

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

Key facts for go
Property	Value
Headword	go
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Interjection
IPA	/xo/
Letters	2
Frequency rank	#2,095
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “go”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).gocai aqui:

#2,095

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “grave” (#2,096), “ferro” (#2,093), “honra” (#2,097). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “go” fica em #2,095. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for go is neighbouring look-alikes ("GQ", "gol", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced /xo/. Frequency #2,095 among 521 “G” headwords. Gloss: "xô, voz para deter animais de carga".

Zero misspellings are on record for go in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "GQ", "gol", "guy", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is go, spelled G-O.

Definition

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xô, voz para deter animais de carga

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 "go"?

"go" is spelled G-O. The IPA pronunciation is /xo/.

What does "go" mean?

As an interjection, "go" means: xô, voz para deter animais de carga

What words are commonly confused with "go"?

"go" is commonly confused with "GQ", "gol", "guy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "go"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "go" is /xo/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "go" come from?

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